Seemingly 'empty' burial mound is hiding a 1,200-year-old Viking ship
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The ship-shaped signals from ground-penetrating radar were detected in 2022 during excavations of burial mounds on the island of Karmøy, in southwest Norway. (Image credit: Theo B. Gill – The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
The radar signals show what appears to be a Viking ship buried near the center of the Salhushaugen mound, which was thought to be empty. (Image credit: The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
Two other Viking ships have been found beneath burial mounds nearby: the Storhaug ship, dated to A.D. 779, and the Grønhaug ship, dated to 795. The Salhushaugen ship, too, is thought to date from the late eighth century. (Image credit: The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
The ship-shaped signals from ground-penetrating radar were detected in 2022 during excavations of burial mounds on the island of Karmøy, in southwest Norway. (Image credit: Theo B. Gill – The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
The radar signals show what appears to be a Viking ship buried near the center of the Salhushaugen mound, which was thought to be empty. (Image credit: The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
Two other Viking ships have been found beneath burial mounds nearby: the Storhaug ship, dated to A.D. 779, and the Grønhaug ship, dated to 795. The Salhushaugen ship, too, is thought to date from the late eighth century. (Image credit: The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger)
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