A Viking Age burial mound in Norway long thought to be empty actually holds an incredible artifact: the remains of a ship burial, according to a ground-penetrating radar analysis. The remains, which ...
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Archaeologists unearth a mysterious Viking grave with scallop shells found in an unexpected location
A Viking-age burial discovered in Trøndelag, Norway, has left archaeologists baffled by its unique elements. The most striking feature of the find is the placement of two scallop shells near the ...
On the Norwegian island of Leka, archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known ship burial in Scandinavia. By Franz Lidz For hundreds of years, Norwegians thought they knew who or what had been ...
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Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these trade routes and its proximity to the sea. Near the village of Åsum in ...
In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a "spectacular" trove of ancient objects, a ...
An analysis of cremated bone fragments from burial mounds in Derbyshire, UK, provides the first solid evidence that Vikings crossed the North Sea with horses, dogs and other animals as early as the ...
Burials found at the site were hundreds of years younger than the Stone Age. Arkeologerna and Sweden's National Historical Museums In 2017, the town of Tvååker, Sweden, started a city planning project ...
Archaeologists said they've unearthed more than 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons over the past six months, providing rare insights into how the sea-faring society lived and traveled. "This discovery ...
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