They discover a strange Viking ship used to “avoid the end of the world”

A team of scientists have discovered a mysterious object stone with form boat in the cave of Surtshellir, Iceland. According to the researchers, the ship could have been used by the Vikings to prevent the end of the world or Ragnarök.

According to the experts’ report, the construction of boat on the Since about 1100 years and he was hidden under a lava field in the Hullmundarhraun region, an area affected by a volcano that erupted when the Vikings had just colonized the island.

The results were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, where archaeologists point out that, by the samples taken inside the place after the cooling of the lava, that the vikings came and built a structure shaped boat made of rocks. “Within this structure, the Vikings they would have burned bones of sheep, goats, cows, horses Yes pigs, at high temperatures as a sacrifice. This may have been done in an effort to prevent Ragnarök, ”they explain in the document.

Historical records indicate that the Vikings associated the cave with Surtr, a giant of Norse mythology who finally would cause the series of known events like Ragnarök. According to Viking tradition, “The world would end when Surtr, being elementary present in the creation of the world, I would kill the last of the gods in the battle of Ragnarök and then it would engulf the world in flames, ”illustrated the team of scientists.

“Near the structure 63 accounts were discovered, including three they came from Iraq ”, said Kevin Smith, deputy director and chief curator of Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, who is leading the cave excavation team.

The team too found traces of orpiment, a mineral from eastern Turkey, near the stone structure. “This mineral was used at the time to decorate objects, but very few examples have been found in Scandinavia. Finding him inside that cave was a huge shock, ”Smith said.

It is said that in the history of Ragnarok, Freyr dies while fighting Surtr Yes can’t stop the end of the world. The presence of many animal bones (animals that are part of a fertile landscape since they reproduce) supports the idea about what the objects were placed in the cave in order to strengthen Freyr in the hope that he could defeat Surtr and stop Ragnarök, according to the deputy director of the museum.

THE NATION