CSI Tromsø: Where forensics meets Vikings
8/22/2018 08:00:00 PM
Insect remains have their own tale to tell in the mystery that surrounds the Øsknes Viking burial boat, as Eva Pangiotakopulu and colleagues investigate in their recent PLOS ONE study.
Over the years many Viking burial boats have been unearthed throughout Scandinavia providing us with valuable insights into the past. However, one boat unearthed in 1934 in north-eastern Norway has perhaps provided more questions than answers as no evidence of a body was ever found.
For almost a century, researchers have wondered whether the boat ever housed a body or whether it was simply buried as an empty grave. To try to unravel the mystery Eva Pangiotakopulu from the University of Edinburgh, UK, teamed up with Stephen Wickler from University of Tromsø and independent researcher Paul Buckland, in the hopes of finding forensic evidence that might provide some more clues.
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