Ship burial

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Ship burial of Igor the Old in 945, depicted by Heinrich Semiradski (1845-1902).

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 the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. This style of burial was used in the Vendel era and by the Anglo Saxons, the Merovingians, the Vikings and occasionally the Ancient Egyptians.

[edit] Examples of ship burials

• Khufu ship, Giza pyramid complex (Fourth Dynasty)
• Gokstad, Norway
• Ladby, Denmark
• Oseberg, Norway
• Snape, East Anglia, England
• Sutton Hoo, East Anglia, England
• Tune, Norway
• Valsgärde, Sweden
• Vendel, Sweden
• Rurikovo gorodishche near Novgorod
• Sarskoye Gorodishche near Rostov
• Timerevo near Yaroslavl
• Black Grave near Chernigov
• Ibn Fadlan gives an eye-witness account of a 10th century ship burial.

[edit] See also

• Stone ship
• Solar barge
• Chariot burial

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