I am telling you today about a burial ship that had two women burried on it. It is the same one I was talking about the other day so this is going to mostly be old information.
In 1904 archaeologists found a boat burried near the city of Oseburg. Inside the boat were two women, one was around 60-70 years old when she died and the other was between 25-30 years old. They were able to determine that the older of the two ladies suffered from arthritis and that the two women were burried between 835 and 850 AD. Based on what they were burried with which was beds, weaving looms, kitchen utensils, buckets, shoes, cloth, a wooden cart, four sleighs and the bodies of fifteen horses and four dogs. Archaeologists think that either the old woman was a queen and the young lady was the serving maid, or the younger was the young queen and the old lady was her old nurse.
In 1904 archaeologists found a boat burried near the city of Oseburg. Inside the boat were two women, one was around 60-70 years old when she died and the other was between 25-30 years old. They were able to determine that the older of the two ladies suffered from arthritis and that the two women were burried between 835 and 850 AD. Based on what they were burried with which was beds, weaving looms, kitchen utensils, buckets, shoes, cloth, a wooden cart, four sleighs and the bodies of fifteen horses and four dogs. Archaeologists think that either the old woman was a queen and the young lady was the serving maid, or the younger was the young queen and the old lady was her old nurse.
I love this sort of stuff! So cool!
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