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Horses that were brutally slaughtered or even BURIED ALIVE by European pagans 700 years ago as part of cruel rituals were imported hundreds of miles from overseas, study finds dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pagan-Christian trade supplied overseas horses for last horse sacrifices in Europe wsu.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsu.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Horses crossed the Baltic Sea in ships during the Late Viking Age and were sacrificed for funeral rituals. Studies on the remains of horses found at ancient burial sites in Russia and Lithuania show that they were brought overseas from Scandinavia utilizing expansive trade networks connecting the Viking world with the Byzantine and Arab Empires. Up to now, researchers had believed sacrificial horses were always locally-sourced stallions. But these results reveal horses from modern Sweden or Finland traveled up to 1,500 km across the Baltic Sea. The findings also show that the sex of the horse was not necessarily a factor in them being chosen for sacrifice, with genetic analysis showing one in three were mares. ....
Pagan-Christian Trade Networks Supplied Horses From Overseas For The Last Horse Sacrifices In Europe eurasiareview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurasiareview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Horse remains show Pagan-Christian trade networks supplied horses from overseas for the last horse sacrifices in Europe phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.