Viking buried in a ship found in Scottish Highlands

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Question 1.
a. False. “ ... a remote part of the Scottish Highlands. The 16ft-long grave on the west coast's Ardnamurchan peninsula.”
b. False. “Dr Oliver Harris from the University of Leicester, who co-led the excavation.”
c. True. “He was surrounded by valuable artefacts .... They probably belonged to him many of them... .
d. False. “this guy would need weapons ..... he needed things that he could defend himself with and attack others.So he was obviously someone of really high status to have all these different kinds of weapons. Someone really important in his local community."

Question 2.

a. Archaeologists have discovered what is left of a Viking man and some of his belongings inside a boat buried in the ground.
b. Dr. Harris says that the fact that there were different kinds of weapons surrounding the man reflects that the people who buried him thought he might need them to fight after death since he probably belonged to high class in his community.

Question 3.
a. grave b. afterlife c. Intact

Question 4.
a. Remains of a man buried in a ship are discovered by archaeologists.
b. Dr. Harris said that the weapons had probably belonged to him. He had needed them to defend himself.
c. If he had not been a man of high status, he wouldn’t have been buried with valuable items.