Ship burial

The ancestors of the Bo people were instrumental in helping the Western Zhou overthrow the ruling Yin at the end of the Shang dynasty.

The Bo people were massacred by the Imperial Army in the later years of the Ming dynasty, and those who survived changed their names in order to escape oppression.

Another boat-shaped coffin was found in the tomb of the Ohoburo Minami Kofun-gun in Northern Kyoto, dated to the latter half of the Yayoi Period (4 BC–4 AD).

But apparently, when the storms cease to pound on the islands of Batanes, the bow of the boats align with the appearance of the band of the Milky Way Galaxy.

This further increases the possibility that the burials were made to align with the cosmos in the belief that the boats would carry the dead to the heavens and the stars.

The main feature of the Manunggul jar is the two human figures seated on a boat at the top handle of its cover.

[9] The burial jar with a cover featuring a ship-of-the-dead […] is perhaps unrivaled in Southeast Asia; the work of an artist and master potter.

Both figures appear to be wearing bands tied over the crowns of their heads and under their jaws; a pattern still found in burial practices among the indigenous peoples in the Southern Philippines.

The carved prow and the eye motif of the spirit boat is still found on the traditional watercraft of the Sulu Archipelago, Borneo, and Malaysia.

Similarities in the execution of the ears, eyes, nose, and mouth of the figures may be seen today in the wood carving of Taiwan, the Philippines, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.

In Norse mythology, boats were a symbol of safe passage to the afterlife, similar to the role they played in the Vikings' lives.

It only took two days for part of the boat's wooden structure to surface, revealing what would be one of the most remarkable Viking archeological discoveries ever made.

The ship measures an astonishing 76 by 17.5 feet, with a mast, fittings for one large sail, and its outside embellished by altering black and yellow shields.

[21] Inside, a chieftain was found in a burial chamber within the ships mast, surrounded by a variety of spectacular group of objects placed with the intention of providing relaxation and enjoyment in his journey to the afterlife.

In the early Middle Ages, robbers broke into the mound and reached the burial chamber, leaving the grave disturbed by the time archeologists discovered it in 1904.

[25]Some of the personal possessions of the women were also discovered, such as implements for textile work, chests, and four intricately carved animal heads.