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Did the Vikings really shoot fiery arrows at funeral boats?
Live Science examines whether Norse funerals actually involved firing flaming arrows at burial boats, a scene popularized by the 1958 film The Vikings and the Sutton Hoo-era imagery it borrowed from. Archaeologists say the written evidence is thin: most Viking boat burials, including the Oseberg and Gokstad ships, were interred intact and then covered with earth, not set alight on open water. The dramatic archery volley appears to be largely a modern invention, stitched together from scattered saga references and cinematic license.
Source: Did the Vikings really shoot fiery arrows at funeral boats? — Live Science
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