Viking Horses Crossed Seas for Sacrifice: New Study Reveals Long-Distance Rituals
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Viking Horses Crossed Seas for Sacrifice: New Study Reveals Long-Distance Rituals

Horses from Scandinavia were used in Baltic sacrifices during the Late Viking Age, challenging earlier views about local sourcing and stallion preference in these rituals. New research from Cardiff University reveals that during the Late Viking Age, horses were transported across the Baltic Sea and sacrificed in funeral rituals. In the study, recently published in [...]