The Viking Age conjures images of fierce warriors, longships cutting through icy waters, and raids that left their mark across Europe. But not all Vikings were the same. The groups from Norway, Sweden ...
Archaeologists in Norway surveyed an area exposed by melting ice and found fragments of an “extraordinary” Viking cargo net, photos show. Photo from Secrets of the Ice As the late summer sun beat down ...
Metal detectorists found bronze artifacts in Norway and prompted archaeologists to excavate, revealing a Viking boat grave, a museum said. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway On a remote ...
On a quiet mountain farm in Norway, routine work in the soil has exposed a hoard that had not seen daylight for more than a millennium. What first looked like scraps of metal has turned out to be a ...
Jewelry found in Skumsnes by metal detectorists led archaeologists to over 20 Viking graves with coins and ancient treasures, photos show. Photo from University Museum of Bergen On a rocky island off ...
“Only the elite would receive a burial like this,” the lead archaeologist noted. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the Viking burial of a high-status woman who was buried with her dog in a boat, ...
An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...