Danish Archaeologists Find 50 Viking Frameworks In Very Good Condition

JAKARTA - Archaeologists managed to find 50 preserved skeletons very well, while digging the great Viking-era burial site in Denmark, which is expected to help uncover the lives of the Nordics who were famous for their adventures at sea in the Middle Ages.

The skeleton found near Denmark's third-largest city, Odense in Funen remains intact due to its high water surface and good soil conditions so as not to rot, according to Michael Borre Lundoe, the excavation leader of the Odense Museum.

"Usually when we dig the Viking grave, we'll be lucky if there are still two teeth left in the grave in addition to grave items. However, here we have a fully preserved skeleton," Lundoe said.

"The skeleton was amazing. It was very well preserved. There were five fingers and five fingers. And it opened a series of new possibilities for discovery," he explained.

Rare artifacts such as knives, glass pearls and brooch dating from 850 to 970 were also found in excavations that began six months ago.

Lundoe said the grave prizes showed most of the people were part of a small farming community, although a woman of higher status was buried with a silver-plated knife and a rare piece of glass in the Viking Age.

Archaeologists took soil samples to look forCEs to determine the season the person was buried and the type of textile he was wearing.

X-rays from the soil block from the site reveal the oval brooch, the Viking Age iconic jewelry associated with women's clothing, which is covered in wood and human remains.

On the back of another brooch with special ornaments for the period, weaving textile fragments containing minerals provide evidence of the type of clothing worn in the Viking Age, archaeologists say.

Most of the skeletons have been removed from the graves and packed in cardboard boxes in museums to be dried before inspection and final cleaning.