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The Hjortspring boat, 2,400 years old, was sacrificed in a Danish lake.

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Denmark's oldest warship was deliberately sunk in a lake as an offering to the gods. Excavated in the 1920s, the Hjortspring is on display at the National Museum of Denmark and reveals Iron Age ritual practices.

Source: CNN Portugal

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