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A “Buddha” in a Viking Grave: The 1,000-Year-Old Bucket That Traveled Across Cultures
When archaeologists uncovered the Oseberg ship burial in 1904, most of what they found had already been crushed by time. Wood splintered. Stone collapsed inward. Objects meant for eternity were flattened under a millennium of pressure. One item, however, refused to disappear. A wooden bucket—slightly warped, yet astonishingly intact—emerged from the grave almost whole. Attached…