Defeat Was Not an Option: Viking King Herlaug and His Men Choose to be Buried Alive Instead

The year is 871 AD, and King Herlaug of the Namdalen district in Central Norway fulfills his last wish: instead of surrendering to King Harald Fairhair, he and eleven of his men choose to be buried alive inside a large burial mound on the island of Leka.

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