Archaeologists say the 'exciting' find could give insights into aspects of life during the Viking Age.
A burial ground containing 50 'exceptionally well-preserved' skeletons from the Viking Age has been discovered in Denmark. The 21,500sq ft site was found during a routine survey ahead of infrastructure work near the village of Aasum, close to Odense, Denmark's third-largest city. It holds the remains of men, women and children. As well as the skeletons, there are some cremated bodies.
The site was probably a 'standard settlement', perhaps a farming community, Mr Borre Lundo said, and is located around three miles from a ring fortress, in what is now central Odense. That means the remains are probably not those of the famed Norsemen, known as Vikings, who terrorised Europe during the Viking Age, from around 793 to 1066AD. Vikings carried out large-scale raids, colonising, conquering and trading throughout the continent and even travelled as far as North America.
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