Eric Meyers
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2,596 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4d ago
Eric Meyers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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leaving some interesting clues about the boat and the women who were buried.
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But also who might have sailed aboard it?
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The DNA analysis of the older woman revealed that it was possible she'd suffered a condition which gave her masculine traits in later life, including maybe facial hair.
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We know in some cultures, powerful women were sometimes depicted with a beard to appear more masculine.
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So it could be symbolic.
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Or it could just be coincidence.
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Some of the carvings were much more personal, and a real bonus for archaeologists to discover on the original.
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One of the greatest mysteries of the Osaburg burial is
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Beyond the ship, the artifacts, and the skeletons.
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is where it was commended to the ground.
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This part of Norway isn't remote or a wilderness.
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In the Viking Age, it was much the same as it is now.
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Just farmland.
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So you don't know why the
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Archaeology showed that the boat had been dragged over land to this spot.
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The timber they had used to do this was still beneath the keel.
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So it's
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Maybe
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For whatever reason the location was chosen, another clue in the dig archive suggests that one thing was for sure.
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The two women were meant to remain right there, right where they were buried.
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