Excavations revealed the graves of three highly respected and wealthy Viking women from the early ninth century.

Despite each grave’s wealth of jewelry and personal belongings, none contain any bones from the Viking women themselves. One possible reason has to do with the environmental conditions of Skumsnes.

Archaeologists subsequently concluded that it was a Viking boat burial for an elite woman who lived over 1,100 years ago.

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the remains of a 1,000-year-old Viking Age person, who was buried with a small dog at their feet. The human and the canine were buried together in an 18-foot-long R… ...

The remains of a Viking woman and what was presumably her pet dog have been unearthed in a ceremonial boat grave on an island in Northern Norway. The small dog appears to have been placed at the ...

They also indicate that the buried individual was a woman, given that oval brooches were usually Viking women’s jewelry, though only bone analysis can confirm this beyond a doubt.

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The Viking graves were found at Skumsnes farm in Fitjar, located in southwestern Norway, in autumn 2023, but the initial excavation of the site wrapped up towards the end of last year.

Viking Woman And Her Pet Dog Discovered In 1,000-Year-Old Boat Burial. ... they stumbled upon a pair of brooches and what appeared to be rib bones, just 20 centimeters (8 inches) beneath the soil.