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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.
One of the victims of the sinking was the Estonian singer Urmas Alender. In total, 94 bodies were recovered: 93 within 33 days of the accident, and the last victim was found 18 months later. [ 1 ] By the time the rescue helicopters arrived, around a third of those who escaped from the Estonia had died of hypothermia, while fewer than half 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.
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 ...
A dozen British soldiers have been injured in a major car crash that ended in a vehicle pile-up during a Nato exercise in Estonia.. A total of 17 people were reportedly wounded and rushed to ...
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Shreveport is reporting 15 homicides so far this year following the death of a man and woman. According to Caddo Parish Coroner's Office, Erica Pitts, 30, and Tavarae Loneman, 28, were found shot ...
Salme Pekkala-Dutt (1888–1964), Estonian-British communist politician; Salme Poopuu (1939–2017), Estonian filmmaker and actress; Salme Rosalie Riig (1903–1973), Estonian sculptor and printmaker; Salme Reek (1907–1996), Estonian actress; Salme Rootare (1913–1987), Estonian chess master; Salme Setälä (1894–1980), Finnish architect ...