DNA Links Oseberg Ship Woman to Black Sea Area
According to a March 26 story in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, bones from the Oseberg ship burial have been subjected to DNA analysis.
The bones of one of the women found in one of Norway’s most famous Viking graves suggest her ancestors came from the area around the Black Sea. The woman herself was “Norwegian,” claims Professor Per Holck at the University of Oslo, who has conducted analyses of DNA material taken from her bones. But Holck says that while she came from the area that today is Norway, her forefathers may have lived in the Black Sea region.
For more information, see the full story in English.
Hildiwulf on 30 Apr 2007 at 2:42 pm #
I had heard about this. Perhaps her forefathers were Goths? They had a kingdom by the Black Sea, and had contact with Scandinavian peoples.