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Top image: Aerial view of one of the Viking Age burials at Skumsnes, Fitjar, Norway. Source: University Museum of Bergen

Beads and coins in a boat-shaped grave.

Fitjar, Norway. the first half of the 9th century. Greece and Rome. Debated. Free

Debated. Beads and coins were found in a boat-shaped grave, but no bones show who was buried.

The site is Skumsnes farm in Fitjar, on the west coast of Norway. Three graves have been dug so far. One is shaped like a boat, with iron rivets along the outline. In it were 46 glass beads and 11 silver coins, made into a necklace. The coins date to the first half of the 9th century. One is a rare coin from Hedeby, in southern Denmark. The others come from the Carolingian Empire. Wool shears and spindle whorls lay in the grave. Another grave held brooches, including one from Ireland or England.

No human remains were found, so experts still ask whether these graves once held bodies.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-age-burial-site-skumsnes-0021781