Who Were These Vikings Buried Sitting Upright?

[rangerrebew]

 27 October, 2017 - 18:48 ancient-origins
Who Were These Vikings Buried Sitting Upright?
 

BY THORNEWS

Accidentally, in 1963 a burial ground with 24 graves deep inside the bay of Sandvika on the eastern side of the island of Jøa in Central Norway were discovered. The bodies buried in a sitting position dates back to the years 650 to 1000 AD, and analyses show that these Vikings belonged to a very special group of people.

Unlike other Viking Age graves, the graveyard was unknown because the bodies were not placed inside a burial mound that is clearly visible in the terrain, or marked in any other way. These dead Vikings were lowered into cylinder- and funnel-shaped sand holes from flat ground. The question is why.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/who-were-these-vikings-buried-sitting-upright-009037

[catfish1957]

So are these depictions of Vikings being burned on ships in the water false?

I thought there were Saxon accounts of this.  Or were these the Valhalla challenged Vikings?

[GtHawk]

Who Were These Vikings Buried Sitting Upright?

Eric the Constipated, Olaf the Obstructed and Ingvar the Impacted.

[truth_seeker]

Caught with their britches down, while making adverts for "Squatty Potty"  ??

[musiclady]

Fascinating article about my distant relatives.

Wonder if the full story will ever be known.

Shorter than average, mostly women, but not all, buried with small knives and facing different directions.

Maybe priestesses and a few effeminate priests?   

Weird finding.....