Boat grave warriors laid to rest on down bedding
Updated: 2021-03-26 03:28:00
The warriors in two Iron Age boat graves in Valsgärde, outside Uppsala in central Sweden, were laid softly to their eternal rest on down bedding. The boat graves date to the 7th century, and their featherbeds are the oldest down bedding known in Scandinavia. Feathers were widely traded in the Middle Ages, and there are […]