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Excavations uncovered 23 game pieces that Vikings placed in boats they in which they placed their dead.
Vikings were notorious game players, and this discovery indicates that they believed that their fallen comrades played even while making their journey to the afterlife.
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Image of the amber stones here, from one of the team leads:
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2008/05/skamby_gaming_pieces_on_displa.php
Older article here, with some discussion on Hnefatafl and a link to BGG:
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2007/02/viking_period_amber_gaming_pie.php
Mischa
Oy. This find was from 2005, and I only read about it now.
Yehuda