Viking ship found on Swedish lake bottom
VANERSBORG, Sweden, May 9 (UPI) — Divers stumbled on the wreck of a Viking ship this week on the bottom of the largest lake in Sweden.
Archaeologists say the ship is the first from the Viking era found underwater in Sweden, The Local reported. Previous Viking ship discoveries have been used for land burials.
The boat was in the midst of an island group in the center of Lake Vanern. Most of the wreck was covered with 3 feet of mud with a single rib sticking out of the ooze, the divers said.