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The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.Both ships were used for ship burials here around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the remains of 41 warriors killed in battle, as well as 6 dogs, 2 hunting hawks and numerous weapons and other artifacts.
The ship disappeared from the radar screens of other ships at around 01:50, [4]: 138 and sank at in international waters, about 22 nmi (41 km) on bearing 157° from Utö island, Finland, to a depth of 74 to 85 m (245 to 280 ft) of water. According to survivor accounts, the ship sank stern first after taking a list of 90 degrees.
Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities in 2017, the village was the administrative center of Salme Parish. The Salme shipfind consisted of two clinker-built ships discovered in Salme, one with the remains of seven persons found in autumn 2008, and another with 33 in 2010. [2] Salme school. As of 2021, the population of ...
In 2008–2010, the ship burial of two ships were discovered in Salme, Estonia, the Salme ships. Remains from at least 42 individuals were discovered in the two ships. [6] Most of them belonged to 30–40 years old males who had been killed in battle.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, joined by some of the victims’ family members, as well as survivors who fell into the water when the aluminum gangway they were standing on collapsed, said ...
Members of IChurch from Hickory, N.C. pray with Bob Smith, center, a Trustee of the Old Fort United Methodist Church on Saturday, October 5, 2024 in Old Fort, N.C.
In this image provided by the City of Tulsa, crews work on an excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oct. 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Estonia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Salme ships; T. Toompea Castle; U. Uusvada ludimägi