Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Viking Funeral

"Viking chieftains had elaborate funerals."


"The chieftain was dressed in his best clothes and laid on a Viking longship with all his weapons and precious possessions."


 

"Then the longship was set on fire and pushed onto the water to burn."


Text from The Story of the World Activity Book: The Middle Ages, edited by Susan Wise Bauer


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