Ship burial
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Image:Semiradski.jpg A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as a container for the dead and for grave goods, or as part of the actual grave goods. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. It was used by the Vikings and occasionally the Ancient Egyptians.
Examples of ship burials
- Gokstad
- Oseberg
- Sutton Hoo
- Valsgärde
- Vendel
- Rurikovo gorodische near Novgorod
- Sarskoe gorodische near Rostov
- Temerino near Yaroslavl
- Black Grave near Chernigov
- Ibn Fadlan gives an eye-witness account of a 10th century ship burial.
