| Show old viking 17 funeral ship Is found on the en english td lish coast at sutton hoe on a gentle hillside overlooking the orwell river near ipswich ipswitch on the east coast of england a farmer thrusts a spade into the green turf he thrusts again and strikes something hard he uncovers what looks like the ribs of an old ship soon excavators excava tors arrive from museums and go delicately to work using only their fingers for tools after many months they produce a perfect and priceless treasure of antiquity that takes their breath away writes M H halton in the toronto daily star they make one of the most remarkable archeological archaeological arche discoveries co the country has ever known they find the funeral ship of an anglo saxon king who died 1322 years ago other excavators excava tors at other times have discovered fragments of buried towns and buried civilizations and have had to piece their stories together from one stone here and another there but at sutton hoe they have found everything absolutely complete exactly as it was left on that day of mourning 14 centuries ago when ancient norse kings died they were set afloat in great viking caravels caravell car avels and when the wind was favorable the funeral ship was set alight and sent flaming out 4 to 9 sea |
