microrobert
12-17-2011, 03:50 PM
Pictures: Mysterious Viking-era Graves Found With Treasure
Sword at his side, the so-called Young Warrior (left) is among the thousand-year-old discoveries in a newfound cemetery in Poland, a new study says.
The burial ground holds not only a hoard of precious objects but also hints of human sacrifice—and several dozen graves of a mysterious people with links to both the Vikings and the rulers of the founding states of eastern Europe.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/pictures/111216-warrior-graves-polish-viking-treasure-science/
Sword at his side, the so-called Young Warrior (left) is among the thousand-year-old discoveries in a newfound cemetery in Poland, a new study says.
The burial ground holds not only a hoard of precious objects but also hints of human sacrifice—and several dozen graves of a mysterious people with links to both the Vikings and the rulers of the founding states of eastern Europe.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/pictures/111216-warrior-graves-polish-viking-treasure-science/