[MR] FW: Norse Archaeology Viking Warrior Discovery

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Remains of Viking warrior uncovered in Dublin
ProLog [USA], 12-Aug-2003

Archaeologists said Tuesday they had uncovered the remains of a
Viking warrior during excavations on a building site in the Irish
capital.
A skeleton was found with an iron shield and what appeared to be a
dagger in a shallow grave near the centre of Dublin,
according to archaeologist Linzi Simpson.
The site is near the ninth century settlement of
Dubh Linn, a Gaelic phrase denoting "black pool", from which Dublin
gets its name.
The burial site of the warrior, now nicknamed Eric by archaeologists,
appears to have been disturbed at some stage in the past and his
sword is missing.
Simpson believes he may have been part of an early raiding party that
arrived about 40 years before a Viking settlement was established in
Dublin.
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