(13 Oct 2024)
DENMARK VIKING SKELETONS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aasum, Denmark – 7 October 2024
1. Skull, part of 10th century Viking burial ground discovered in the village of Aasum being excavated by archaeologists from Museum Odense
2. Various of archaeologists at work
3. Close of skull
4. Aerial shot of Viking burial ground and excavation site
5. Aerial shot of archaeologist at work
6. Aerial shot of Viking burial ground and excavation site
7. Setup shot of Michael Borre Lundoe, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense
8. Over-shoulder shot of Viking skeleton in burial ground
9. Close of Borre Lundoe
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Borre Lundoe, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense:
“This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved. Nothing we’ve seen before, for a long time anyway. Normally, we would be lucky to find a few teeth in the graves, but here we have an entire skeleton lying in the grave.”
11. Building near Viking burial ground and excavation site
12. Various of well-preserved Viking skeletons in burial ground
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Borre Lundoe, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense:
“This opens a whole new toolbox for scientific discovery. Hopefully we can make a DNA analysis on all the skeletons and see if they are related to each other and even where they come from.”
14. Aerial shot of village of Aasum
15. Aerial shot of Viking burial ground and excavation site
16. Aerial shot of archaeologist at work
17. Various of Kirsten Prangsgaard, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense, removing bones from skeletons and revealing what’s thought to be a metal knife
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsten Prangsgaard, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense:
“It looked very much like a knife. And I’m quite sure it’s a knife. And it’s a rather big one and it’s better preserved than the other knives we have found out here. But the knife is the most common item given with the dead.”
19. Close of Prangsgaard dusting away dirt to reveal what’s thought to be a metal knife
20. Close of Viking skeleton in burial ground
21. Various of archaeologists at work
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Borre Lundoe, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense:
“There’s different levels of burials. Some have nothing with them, others have brooches and pearl necklaces and the most rich grave, so to speak, was what we call a wagon body grave. And there was this female being buried in the top part of a wagon, and she had a knife with silver ornaments on it, a key, a pearl necklace, and also some sort of wooden chest.”
23. Various of Borre Lundoe and archaeologist revealing green brooch buried with skeleton
24. Low shot of Viking skeleton in burial ground
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Borre Lundoe, curator and archaeologist, Museum Odense:
“We also found a brooch that comes from the island of Gotland, on the eastern side of Sweden, but also wet stones for honing (sharpening) your knife. And all sorts of things points to Norway and Sweden. The iron in the knives are probably also from Norway or Sweden. So, there’s a lot of trade and commerce going on right here, we can see.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Odense, Denmark – 7 October 2024
26. Pan of Museum Odense exterior
27. Various of museum exhibition showing Viking artefacts ++NOT RECOVERED FROM AASUM++
28. Various of Jannie Amsgaard Ebsen, conservator, Museum Odense, inspecting brooch unearthed at Aasum burial ground
29. Close pan of brooch
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