The unbelievably intact burial item is a great archaeological treasure, helping scientists open an additional "window" into the legendary world of the Vikings.
According to Heritage Daily
the unusual ancient tomb of a Viking noblewoman has been unearthed in Southern Norway, dating to about 850-950 AD, which is the middle of the Viking era.
One part is a small wooden room, above which is viking clothings marked by a long mound. Inside the grave, the deceased lay rested around many objects that the survivors prepared for them to bring back to the afterlife.
According to archaeologist Raymond Sauvage from the Museum of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), this is an unusual grave because the Norwegian Vikings did not have the habit of creating "room graves". This type of grave is commonly found in ancient Denmark.
This woman rests among many valuables
including hundreds of pearls. In the tomb, the jade was concentrated on her left shoulder, so archaeologists think it may have been a large, intricate jade necklace worn for the dead.
But the greatest treasure for archaeologists is a cloth about 11 centimeters in diameter, the remains of an embroidered painting. Finding fabric, moreover, with intact embroidery in a 1,100-year-old grave seems unthinkable.
Taking a closer look at the remains of the tomb, the team viking hoodie also found the remains of eight different fabrics in terms of structure, quality and appearance.
According to Ancient Origins, these unexpected treasures offer rare and valuable insight into the clothing of ancient Viking women, as well as evidence of the growing and diverse textile industry of this legendary people.
The fabric samples will continue to be analyzed for chemical composition to understand where the fabric comes from, as well as how the Vikings dyed the shirt and embroidered threads in many colors.