The 20-meter-long Viking ship can be buried as a means of transporting the dead to the afterlife or as a display of wealth.

Scientists found remains of temples, banquet halls and burial mounds around a Viking ship buried in Gjellestad, southern Norway. 

 The new study was published in the journal Antiquity on Nov.

The ship was discovered in 2018 thanks to a ground-penetrating radar survey. The Vikings buried it between the late 8th and early 10th centuries. Subsequent sweeps and excavations revealed more clues about Gjellestad and the lives of its ancient inhabitants.

Ground-penetrating radar helped scientists find 13 burial mounds, including ship graves, some up to 30 meters wide. Near the ship's grave, there are two large circular mounds and 7 smaller mounds concentrated in the north. The team also discovered traces of four rectangular structures in the west, the norse clothing  longest one being 38 m. Small structures can be houses and temples. Meanwhile, the largest structure, similar in structure and size to a banquet hall, was unearthed in other Viking settlements.

The ship grave at Gjellestad has many unusual features. Viking 12-meter-long ship burials are common, but 20-meter-long vessels like this one are rare. Only a few such graves have been found in Norway, according to Lars Gustavsen, lead author of the study and an archaeologist at the Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage (NIKU).

Scientists do not know exactly why the Vikings buried the ship. "This is a community associated with the sea and sea voyages, so in this case, the ship could be a means of transporting the dead from the real world to the afterlife. Or it could simply be used to express gratitude. rich, proving that the deceased belonged to a certain social and political class," Gustavsen said.

After discovering the ship in 2018

the team of experts excavated part of it and quickly realized the st patrick's day clothes  wet environment alternating with droughts left it severely rotten and infected with fungus. This summer, scientists conducted a full excavation of the ship to recover and preserve what they could.

In October, they suddenly found some animal bones. The animal bones are relatively large, so the team believes they belong to a bull or horse that was sacrificed according to the burial ritual. The top bones are badly decomposed, but the bottom is still pretty good. This suggests that it is possible that objects deeper in the grave are better preserved. Excavation is still ongoing and is expected to be completed in December.

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Art is thousands of years old 

Tattooing is a form of marking with ink on the body, thereby changing skin pigmentation, for aesthetic purposes, to create impressions or other purposes. Tattooing has been around since the Neolithic period. Many mummies have been found from the 5th millennium BC in Egypt or Siberia. Some of the famous mummies have tattoos such as Ötzi the Iceman, the mummy of Amunet,... 

Tattoo art appears widely around the world: the Ainu people in Japan, the Berbers in North Africa, the Maori people in New Zealand, the tribes of the Pacific dugout region, the tatkuink 3D hoodie  Americas, Europe, the Philippines, and Cambodia. ,... Despite the taboo surrounding tattooing, this art is still becoming more and more popular. 

Not only "People, brothers and sisters" 

Nowadays, the old stereotypes about tattoos have become blurred. People no longer see tattoos as a sign of crime or low class culture. Instead, people have more positive thinking about it as a special art of beauty.

However, up to now, the 21st century tattoo has not been recognized by the entire society as other normal arts, especially in Asian countries like Vietnam. Although it is accepted and allowed, there are still a few people who still "denigrate" tattooing. Extremely rude words for people with tattoos or tattoo artists of a large part of society make the view with this art is at an extremely one-sided level. 

Previously, tattoos were often used by "elder" and "elder" people to show their strength and dominance. But over the years, that concept still exists in society - anyone with a tattoo also becomes a playboy, likes to show off, but has Gypsy blood in them. In fact, tattoos are not bad by default. It is truly a beauty art. The tattoo artist is also an artist who creates beauty.

A study conducted by experts from the University of Miami (USA), said that owning a tattoo is now no longer stigmatized. On the contrary, it helps candidates look more fashionable and personality, easily winning sympathy from employers. More surprisingly, the percentage of people with tattoos is increasing, even more in some professions than those without tattoos. 

Tattoo culture - multi-ethnic culture 

It is easy to see that current tattoos are not only limited to "traditional" images with fanciful and religious colors, but also have "borrowed" or created from other cultures. together. Some of these typical cultures include Japan with images of samurai, demon faces, prostitutes..., European countries with knights, crosses, angel wings... 

Although it was only born in the 19th century, modern tattoo art has viking home decor  made many new advances in tattoo art. Modern tattoo art inherits all the quintessence of ancient and medieval tattoo art. The traditional tattooing method is still applied by putting ink under the skin with a tattoo needle, but there has been an improvement in the needles are made smaller, tattoo ink is used more specifically. 

  Due to bad cultural stereotypes, Vietnamese tattoo art started quite late. In the past, people with tattoos were considered to be gangsters, playboys or rogues. However, now people have a different view, many people still see tattooing as an art.

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A Norwegian mountaineer stumbled across a millennium old sword while walking on an ancient road.

According to CNN, the county council of Hordaland, southwestern Norway confirmed the blade was intact, dating to about 750, the early period of Viking society, an era in Norse history, from about 793 to 1066 Vikings went around destroying, plundering, trading from England to Russia and Asia, forming feudalism in Europe. 

"It's unusual to find a Viking artifact so intact. It's still good if it's sharpened," said Per Morten Ekerhovd, the county's archeology manager.

Goran Olsen, an outdoor hiker, found the motorcycle apparel  blade while resting in Haukeli, about 250 kilometers north of Oslo, a favorite fishing and hunting spot for many. 

Rusted sword

lying under some rocks on a famous ancient road that crosses a plateau between western and eastern Norway. The mountains here are covered with frost and snow six months a year, unaffected by humidity in the summer, which can be excellent conditions for preserving the sword, Ekerhovd said. 

A sword without a hilt

about 77 cm long, forged of iron. This was a highly valuable sword in the Viking era because at that time, iron forging was very expensive. It is likely that the sword belongs to a rich person. 

The artifact has been handed over to the University of Bergen museum for preservation, and next spring an expedition will set out to study the area where the skull clothing  sword was discovered.

"We are really happy that he found the sword and gave it back to us," Ekerhovd said. "It's an important specimen that helps shed light on the early Viking era."