The unbelievable story of the king would rather be buried alive than surrender

History once recorded an unbelievable fact that a king would rather be buried alive than surrender.

King Herlaug and 11 warriors were buried alive.(Illustration).

Everything happened in 871 AD. At that time, King Harald Fairhair led his army to Namdalen. On the way, he defeated and defeated many small kings throughout the fjord in western Norway. In the grueling battle with King Harald Fairhair, King Herlaug was defeated. However, instead of surrendering to the enemy and renouncing the kingship, King Herlaug and 11 warriors accepted being buried alive.

They were buried alive at a large mound on Leka Island. In contrast to King Herlaug, the prince's brother was the surrender Rollaug and surrendered to King Harald - the only ruler in Norway. Therefore, the Rollaug was conferred by the King Harald as the earl in Namdalen.

By the end of the 1700s, experts dug three tunnels into a large mound on Leka Island - where King Herlaug and his soldiers were buried alive. One of the remarkable findings was that the experts found the remains of a man leaning against the wall.

This remains is said to be King Herlaug. In the early 19th century, the corpse of King Herlaug was displayed. The ground - the resting place of King Herlaug and 11 soldiers was judged to be larger than most Viking-era tombs discovered in Norway.