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Burial in which a ship or boat is used
A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave
Ship_burial
Archaeological site in Suffolk, England
have excavated the site since the discovery of a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of artifacts in 1938. Sutton Hoo illuminates the
Sutton_Hoo
Scandinavian ships of the Viking Age
examples of Viking ship burials have been excavated, e.g. the Oseberg ship in Norway (containing the remains of two women), the Gokstad ship in Norway, and
Viking_ship
Preserved Viking ship
The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved longship (probably a karve) discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near
Oseberg_ship
Method of burial
USS Ronald Reagan in September 2024 Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly
Burial_at_sea
9th-century Viking ship
ship is a Viking 9th-century longship found in a burial mound at Gokstad in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. It is displayed at the Viking Ship Museum
Gokstad_ship
Norwegian research institute
buried ship was found previously by a NIKU group in 2018, in Gjellestad. The Gjellestad (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̂lːəˌstɑː]) ship burial, also spelt
Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
Norwegian_Institute_for_Cultural_Heritage_Research
Anglo-Saxon burial site
known for the inclusion of a high status ship burial. A number of these burials were included within burial mounds. The first recorded excavation of the
Snape_Anglo-Saxon_Cemetery
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
burial mound with a ship burial containing the Gokstad ship, a Viking era ship dating to the 9th century. The ship is the largest in the Viking Ship Museum
Tumulus
Stones set in the shape of a boat in north European burials
stone ship, or ship setting, was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded
Stone_ship
Viking ship found in Norway
The Myklebust Ship (Norwegian: Myklebustskipet) is the remains of a burned Viking ship that was found in the Myklebust Burial Mound on the farm Myklebust
Myklebust_Ship
King of East Anglia (ruled c. 599–624)
most likely occupant of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, although other theories have been advanced. A smaller ship-burial was also discovered in 1998 close to
Rædwald_of_East_Anglia
Danish ship burial
The Ladby ship is a major ship burial at the village of Ladby near Kerteminde in Denmark. It is of the type also represented by the boat chamber grave
Ladby_ship
Intact vessel from Ancient Egypt
ship" to visit holy places and that it was then buried for him to use in the afterlife. It contained no bodies, unlike northern European ship burials
Khufu_ship
British archaeologist and astronomer (1888–1977)
Self-taught, he discovered and excavated a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939, which has come to be called "one of the most important
Basil_Brown
Viking boat burial site
mainland burial site at Huna, Caithness, discovered in 1935, although this was better documented and is accepted as a ship burial. Nine other Viking ship burials
Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial
Port_an_Eilean_Mhòir_boat_burial
British landowner (1883–1942)
December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur
Edith_Pretty
Decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet
Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. It was thought to be buried around the years c. 620–625 AD and is widely
Sutton_Hoo_helmet
Burial customs of Viking Age Norsemen
Denmark. A prominent tradition is that of the ship burial, where the deceased was laid in a boat, or a stone ship, and given grave offerings in accordance
Norse_funeral
Anglo-Saxon archaeological object found in Suffolk, England
burial mounds, of which much the most significant is the undisturbed ship burial in Mound 1 containing very rich grave goods including the purse-lid.
Sutton_Hoo_purse-lid
Details of Anglo-Saxon burials in England
more rarely, in ship burials. Within the areas of Anglo-Saxon settlement, there was both regional and temporal variation while burial practices. The early
Burial_in_Anglo-Saxon_England
Museum in Oslo, Norway
ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world. Other main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Gokstad ship and Tune ship.
Viking_Ship_Museum_(Oslo)
Germanic multi-triangular symbol, occurs in several forms
the symbol appears on picture stones with Odin and on burial gifts in the Oseberg ship burial, Rudolf Simek says that the symbol may have been associated
Valknut
Preserved Viking ship
in a ship burial mound (Båthaugen, from the Old Norse words båt meaning boat and haugr meaning mound or barrow). It was discovered when the burial mound
Tune_ship
Fragments of tapestry discovered in the Oseberg ship burial in Norway
tapestry is a fragmentary tapestry, discovered within the Viking Oseberg ship burial in Norway. The tapestry (dated to about 834AD) is 16 to 23 centimeters
Oseberg_tapestry_fragments
Specialized Scandinavian warship
environs of the North Sea. He argues that recent finds such as the Salme ship burials from c. 750 suggest that raiding might have originated in the Baltic
Longship
British archaeologist (1901–1985)
archaeologist best known for leading the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo burial ship, an intact collection of Anglo-Saxon grave-goods. In 1946, he replaced
Charles Phillips (archaeologist)
Charles_Phillips_(archaeologist)
Village in Sweden
important ship burial from the Vendel Period with four skeletons, formerly covered by a cairn and now heavily damaged. It is one of only three ship burials found
Nabbelund
2007 historical novel by John Preston
Preston, published in May 2007, set in the context of the 1939 Anglo-Saxon ship burial excavation at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England. The dust jacket describes
The_Dig_(novel)
Country house in Suffolk, United Kingdom
mounds on the estate, leading to Brown's discovery in May 1939 of a ship burial, "one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time".
Tranmer_House
British archaeologist and scholar (1914–1994)
Hoo ship-burial. Described as the guiding spirit of such research, he oversaw the production of the monumental three-volume work The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial
Rupert_Bruce-Mitford
Scandinavian Iron-Age ships found in Estonia
village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. Both ships were used for ship burials around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the
Salme_ships
Viking hoard
The Lilleberge Viking Burial or Lilleberge Ship Burial is a major hoard of Viking objects found in a barrow at Lilleberge in Namdalen, central Norway in
Lilleberge_Viking_Burial
English conservator (1933–2018)
Hoo ship-burial. Among other work he oversaw the creation of a plaster cast of the ship impression, from which a fibreglass replica of the ship was formed
Peter_van_Geersdaele
Fictional character in The Lord of the Rings
wilderness. His boat-funeral, too, has been likened to Scyld Scefing's ship-burial in Beowulf. Boromir appears in animated and live-action films of Lord
Boromir
Repository for the remains of the dead
Ship burial: A practice of placing the deceased in a ship along with grave goods, common among Vikings and Germanic peoples (e.g., the Oseberg Ship burial)
Tomb
Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
excavated ship burial at Ladby in Denmark. Ship burials were also practised by Vikings overseas, as evidenced by the excavations of the Salme ships on the
Vikings
Historical religious tradition
include the Oseberg ship burial near Tønsberg in Norway, another at Klinta on Öland, and the Sutton Hoo ship burial in England. A boat burial at Kaupang in
Old_Norse_religion
Ancient Rome had a variety of ships that played crucial roles in its military, trade, and transportation activities. Rome was preceded in the use of the
Ships_of_ancient_Rome
Concept in Tolkien writings
boat filled with gifts, and he departs from it in a ship-burial, with the odd feature that the ship is not set on fire, as in the typical Viking ritual
Old_Straight_Road
Ritual act of placing a dead person or animal into the ground
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground or in a structure such as
Burial
Village in Karmøy Municipality, Norway
Age burial mounds lined up in a row. A ship burial from the time of the Merovingian dynasty (approximately 680-750 AD) found here is the oldest ship burial
Avaldsnes
Naval battle between Octavian and Mark Antony/Cleopatra (31 BC)
Greece. Mark Antony possessed 500 ships and 70,000 infantry and made his camp at Actium, while Octavian, with 400 ships and 80,000 infantry, arrived from
Battle_of_Actium
10th-century Arab traveller and ethnographer
eyewitness accounts of life as part of a trade caravan and witnessing a ship burial. He also notably described the lifestyle of the Oghuz Turks while the
Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan
Rome List of oldest surviving ships List of longest ships List of longest wooden ships Museum ship List of museum ships Archaeology of shipwrecks Area
List of surviving ancient ships
List_of_surviving_ancient_ships
Construction of ships and floating vessels
978-1898281436 "Sutton Hoo ship burial". Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2016. "Round ship". Oxford Reference. Oxford
Shipbuilding
Purported ancient tribal confederation of the Late Bronze Age
Hatti, and all my ships are in the Land of Lukka? ... Thus, the country is abandoned to itself. May my father know it: the seven ships of the enemy that
Sea_Peoples
Early English kingdom in southeast Britain
by scholars to be the person buried within (or commemorated by) the ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge. During the decades that followed his
Kingdom_of_East_Anglia
Deity in Germanic paganism
Germanic Iron Age Dejbjerg wagon in Denmark and the Viking Age Oseberg ship burial wagon in Norway. The goddess's name Nerthus (from Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz)
Nerthus
480 BC naval battle of the Greco-Persian Wars
this crisis a ship of Artemisia was being pursued by an Athenian ship; and as she was not able to escape, for in front of her were other ships of her own
Battle_of_Salamis
Ancient lighthouse in Egypt
were undermined, and the Pharos collapsed. The agent managed to escape in a ship waiting for him. In 1916, Gaston Jondet made the first detailed description
Lighthouse_of_Alexandria
Locality in Sweden
Furby is a few miles north of Lake Mälaren and near Anundshögen, the ship burial mound of legendary Swedish king Anund. Today Furby is now a historical
Furby,_Sweden
Ritual burial of a horse
Horse burial is the practice of burying a horse as part of the ritual of human burial. The practice is found among many Indo-European speaking peoples;
Horse_burial
Parish in the Swedish province of Uppland
and 14 bear close comparison to the helmet from the early 7th century ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England, with die-stamped plaques depicting scenes
Vendel
7th-century Anglo-Saxon burial practice
coordinates) In several Viking ship burials from Norway and Sweden, including the Oseberg ship burial (dated to 834) and Gokstad ship burial (dated to the late 9th
Bed_burial
Tombs where deceased are buried with their chariot
ones to be buried intact. The burial custom seems to have disappeared after the Roman occupation of Britain. Ship burial Sun chariot Prehistoric Britain
Chariot_burial
Municipality in Østfold, Norway
it to earliest AD 733. Originally interred beneath a burial mound, in the present day the ship lies 40 centimetres below the topsoil due to years of
Halden
Bowl hung from chains
Wales, Devon and Cornwall. Three were found in the famous Sutton Hoo ship-burial, as well as one in another mound at the site. Rupert Bruce-Mitford's
Hanging_bowl
Latin epic poem by Virgil
is a possible invocation to Hannibal. Looking back from the deck of his ship, Aeneas sees the smoke of Dido's funeral pyre, and although he does not understand
Aeneid
Early medieval cultural group in Britain
decline of accompanied burial, and the appearance of the first 'princely' graves and high-status settlements. The ship burial in mound one at Sutton Hoo
Anglo-Saxons
Viking burial mound in Nordfjordeid
seven major Viking burial mounds in Norway, of which it is the only cremation grave. The mound was where the remains of the Myklebust ship was discovered;
Myklebust_Burial_Mound
Speakers of Austronesian languages
human burials and funerary rites, including ship burials. The representations of boats themselves are believed to be connected to the widespread "ship of
Austronesian_peoples
Coin placed in or on the mouth of the dead
Christian period. The presence of coins or a coin-hoard in Germanic ship-burials suggests an analogous concept. The phrase "Charon's obol" as used by
Charon's_obol
Ancient Roman ships, found in lake of Nemi in 1929
The Nemi ships were two ships, of different sizes, built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD on Lake Nemi. Although the
Nemi_ships
County in Eastern Norway
Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2011-07-18. "Viking ship burial discovered in Norway just 50cm underground". the Guardian. 2018-10-15
Østfold
King of the East Angles
magnificent ship-burial was discovered under a large mound at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk. Although Rædwald is usually considered to have been buried with the ship (or
Eorpwald_of_East_Anglia
Ancient and medieval maritime trade route
boat (c. 260–430 CE), the Punjulharjo boat (c. 660-780 CE), the Butuan ship burials (multiple boats ranging from c. 689 to 988 CE), the Chau Tan shipwreck
Maritime_Silk_Road
River battle in the Nile Delta between the Egyptians and the Sea Peoples
Eshuwara, the king of Alasiya: My father [Eshuwara], behold, the enemy's ships came (here); my cities(?) were burned, and they did evil things in my country
Battle_of_the_Delta
Cradle of civilization in North Africa
throughout the history of ancient Egypt for burials of the poor, who could not afford the elaborate burial preparations available to the elite. Wealthier
Ancient_Egypt
Prehistoric period of Mesopotamia
in communal burial grounds in pit burials or inside clay boxes. Such burial grounds have for example been excavated at Eridu. These burial practices represent
Ubaid_period
Grave mound in Leka, Norway
The Herlaug Mound (Norwegian: Herlaugshaugen) is a grave mound and ship burial situated on the island of Leka at Skei in Leka Municipality, Norway. The
Herlaug_Mound
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
armoured Achaemenid ships had metallic blades on the front, often meant to slice enemy ships using the ship's momentum. Naval ships were also equipped
Achaemenid_Empire
County of England
most celebrated Anglo-Saxon site, Sutton Hoo was an elaborate royal ship burial – probably that of the East Anglian King Rædwald, whose son Sigeberht
Suffolk
Semi-legendary Swedish king
sailing ship found so far, possibly redefining the beginning of the viking age (for comparison see Oseberg Ship, Gokstad ship and Gjellestad ship burial). According
Ingvar
Archipelago in the north-western Pacific Ocean
they landed, the Spanish ships arrived in Guam and were unable to get fresh food as the inhabitants, Chamorros, "entered the ships and stole whatever they
Mariana_Islands
Period in ancient Egyptian history (c. 2686–2181 BC)
is best known for a large number of pyramids constructed at this time as burial places for Egypt's kings. The first King of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (sometime
Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt
Ancient Semitic maritime civilization
merchant ships were capable of carrying cargoes weighing up to 450 tons. During the first millennium BC, the cargo capacity of Phoenician merchant ships ranged
Phoenicia
Viking boat burial site in Orkney
The Scar boat burial is a Viking boat burial near the village of Scar, on Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland. The burial, which dates to between 875 and 950
Scar_boat_burial
Farm and burial site
presence of a burial site, which was used for more than 300 years during the Swedish Vendel Age and the Viking Age. The first ship burial is from the 6th
Valsgärde
Historic monument site on the Isle of Man
Kermode excavated a large grass covered burial mound on a hilltop some 300 m SE of the Keeill. A Viking ship burial dating to 900–950 AD was discovered.
Knock_y_Doonee
Estate in Stockholm County, Sweden
in 1992. Below the ruins is a stone ship burial area (Runsa skeppssättning; sv) with some 30 graves. The burial ground is made up of round stones estimated
Runsa
Process of steering a ship from a starting point to a destination
Marine navigation or nautical science is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly
Marine_navigation
Phoenician city-state
meaning as those found in Egyptian tombs and interments. Though they are in burials in many ways, all are seen to give protection to the living and the dead
Ancient_Carthage
is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include
List of oldest surviving ships
List_of_oldest_surviving_ships
Ships used to transport obelisks
Ships were used during the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt to transport obelisks from the quarry to their destination. Fifteen centuries later, the
Obelisk_ship
Type of sailing vessel from the Indian Ocean
17th-18th centuries indicate that then the Persian word dawh meant "small ship"). Recently, most researchers are inclined to believe that this term comes
Dhow
Bronze Age civilisation in South Asia
funerary practices of the Harappan civilisation are marked by fractional burial (in which the body is reduced to skeletal remains by exposure to the elements
Indus_Valley_Civilisation
Sculpture based on a Saxon helmet
representation of the Anglo-Saxon helmet by the same name found in the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, it was commissioned by the National Trust to suspend outside an exhibition
Sutton_Hoo_Helmet_(sculpture)
Semi-legendary petty king in Norway
Gokstadhaugen, where the Gokstad Ship was excavated. The theory that Olaf thus had a connection with the ship burial is unproven. In the Ynglinga saga
Olaf_Geirstad-Alf
2700–2000 BC Greek shipwreck
Dokos is about 100 kilometres (60 mi) east of Sparta, Peloponnese. The ship itself is long gone, as everything biodegradable has been dissolved by the
Dokos_shipwreck
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
finds, burial remains constitute much of the material and archaeological evidence for the period. By the end of the Second Palace Period, Minoan burial was
Minoan_civilization
Village in Suffolk, England
authority for the king of the East Angles. The proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal
Rendlesham
Village in Suffolk, England
was 611. In Anglo-Saxon England, Snape was the site of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial. Snape is now best known for Snape Maltings, no longer in commercial
Snape,_Suffolk
Ancient trading confederation in the Horn of Africa (2500 BCE – 980 BCE)
some 1200 km south on the Red Sea was carried out. A report of that five-ship voyage survives on reliefs in Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
Land_of_Punt
Ancient Greek galley
used to propel the ship: one bank of twenty-five oars to a side, fifty in total. A midship mast with sail could also propel the ship under favorable wind
Penteconter
Recreation of a 6th-century BC Phoenician voyage conceived by Philip Beale
Phoenician Ship Expedition is a re-creation of a 6th-century BCE Phoenician voyage conceived by Philip Beale. The replica of an ancient Phoenician ship departed
Phoenician_Ship_Expedition
Late Bronze Age Greek civilization
usual form of burial during this period was inhumation (burial in the earth, covered by dirt and stones). The earliest Mycenaean burials were mostly in
Mycenaean_Greece
been part of a burial). This resembles earlier, pre-Viking Age finds from Denmark, but is unlike typical Viking Age ship burials. The ship featured a detachable
Kvalsund_ship
Naval tactics of sailing ships
Sailing ship tactics were the naval tactics employed by sailing ships in contrast to oared vessel tactics. This article focuses on the Age of Sail, a
Sailing_ship_tactics
Ancient Egyptian ships
Several ancient Egyptian solar ships and boat pits were found in many ancient Egyptian sites. The most famous is the Khufu ship, which is now preserved in
Ancient_Egyptian_royal_ships
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