Boat falls

A boat falls intervenes in a funerary ceremony in which a boat is used as receptacle for the late one and its goods, or as well as tel. This technique of burial was used by the Anglo-Saxon , the Mérovingiens, the Viking S and occasionally by the Égyptiens.

Examples of boats tombs

Boat of Chéops, Gizeh (IVe dynasty)
Gokstad, Norway
Ladby, Denmark
Oseberg, Norway
Snape, Is of England
Sutton Hoo, Is of England
Tune, Norway
Valsgärde, Sweden
Vendel, black Sweden
Rurikovo gorodische close to Novgorod
Sarskoe gorodische close to Rostov
Temerino close to Yaroslavl
Tombe close to Chernigov
Ibn Fadlan gives an outline of the boats tombs of the Xe century.

See too

Bateau of solar stone
Barque
Char falls

Category: Vikings

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