The Jorvik Viking Centre in York has launched its exhibition Valhalla: Examining Viking Burials in the British Isles, open now until the 5th November.
The result of York Archaeological Trust's collaboration with York Minster and Manx National Heritage brings together key Viking burial findings and explores the latest archaeological research techniques.
The exhibition will display two Viking-age skeletons from the Hungate
excavation in York and a replica of Thorwald's Cross, which is thought
to depict the transition of the Viking world of pagan beliefs to the
introduction of Christianity.
Groups can also discover how excavations reveal the way Vikings
commemorated and celebrated their dead using pagan boat burials, grave
goods and ornately carved headstones, such as those found in excavations
at York Minster.
In addition, the story of a Viking man buried in the Balladoole ship
burial will be told using forensic science and state-of-the-art facial
reconstruction.
