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Vikings were not systematically buried with their children

Genetic analyses reveal that adults buried with children in Swedish Viking-era graves were rarely their direct parents.

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The fact

The excavations, conducted in Sweden, focus on tombs from the Viking Age (8th-11th centuries).

This finding challenges the hypothesis of family burials among the Vikings.

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Why it matters

Cette étude modifie la compréhension historique des pratiques funéraires vikings, en invalidant l’idée d’inhumations strictement familiales.

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