The Flames dance high in the air as they embrace the deceased nobleman. A wooden pyre, ten by twenty metres, reaches two metres up into the sky, ensuring that the blaze is burning bright. The nobleman is sent on his way to the afterlife. In ancient times, the size of a funeral pyre often reflected your social status. Some cremations were small,  while others were more spectacular affairs, like this cremation on board a Viking...

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