Denmark’s Viking Graveyard: 1,100 Years of Secrets
In the lands of central Denmark, near the quiet village of Aasum northeast of Odense, a group of archaeologists has made an exceptional discovery: a Viking cemetery with 50 skeletons in an extraordinary state of preservation. Dating between the years 850 and 900 AD, these remains have surprised the scientific community for their integrity, something unusual in excavations of this era. Thanks to the special properties of the lime-rich soil and high levels of humidity in the region, the bodies of men, women and children have survived almost intact for more than a thousand years. The discovery was made during…
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