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A surprising and rare discovery has sparked intrigue among archaeologists and history enthusiasts alike. At a Viking graveyard in Norway, archaeologists recently unearthed a message in a bottle left over 150 years ago. The message, placed by the Norwegian archaeologist Anders Lorange in 1874, offers an extraordinary insight […]
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From buried chess pieces that tell tales of Viking warriors, to ancient burial grounds that shed light on the St. Brice’s Day massacre, join Professor Alice Roberts as she tries to uncover the truth about Viking Britain. Welcome […]
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Archaeologists from the Norwegian State Museums of History have recently uncovered a ceremonial enclosure from the Neolithic period, located in Skåne, Sweden. Initial excavations found wetland deposits and a dry-stone wall, which contained a large collection of Neolithic […]
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A mysterious monument in Cornwall has been discovered to be 5,000 years old—4,000 years older than previously thought. The rectangular bank of earth and stone known as King Arthur’s Hall is located in a remote area of Bodmin […]
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New research shows that the Vikings traveled more than 6,000 kilometers to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was brought to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East […]
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It was supposed to be a routine Stone Age settlement excavation to clear a path for a new roundabout and water pipes near Tvååker in southern Sweden. It turned into so much more, as archaeologists first started uncovering furnaces […]
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Exciting discoveries in Sweden! Archaeologists were preparing to investigate a Stone Age settlement outside Varberg. But they came across a gigantic burial ground from the Viking Age. In Sweden, the Stone Age ended around 1800 B.C., according to […]
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Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a stone-paved cellar dating back to the Stone Age on the Danish island of Falster, according to a new paper in the journal Radiocarbon. https://www.newsweek.com/stone-age-archaeological-dig-denmark-ancient-cellar-1968736
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Ásatrú: Embracing the Ancient Path in a Modern World Ásatrú, a term that translates to “faith in the Æsir” in modern Icelandic, represents a dynamic and multifaceted modern religious movement that seeks to revive and reconstruct the pre-Christian […]
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The words “Heathen” and “Asatru” today refer to the modern revival of the old Pagan Norse/Germanic religion. The main difference between these two words is that Asatru refers to a specific set of beliefs in this group – […]