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This is how the head of a spear went through a bone during the Roman Gallic Wars. It still remains in the bone after 2070 years.
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Wooden artifacts from the Norse settlement L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland show that the Vikings were living in the Americas by at least the year 1021.https://allthatsinteresting.com/lanse-aux-meadows-viking-settlement
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Wooden artifacts from the Norse settlement L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland show that the Vikings were living in the Americas by at least the year 1021. https://allthatsinteresting.com/lanse-aux-meadows-viking-settlement
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This is a fun video! Some interesting new facts as well.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS are baffled by a set of Viking-age stones discovered in the UK that appear to be “earlier than similar monuments in Norway”. Read the whole story here: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1462286/archaeology-discovery-viking-stones-isle-man-scandinavia-norway-runes-spt
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From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. Read the whole story here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/dig_reports_01.shtml
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One of the ancient buildings is approximately 60 m (197 feet) long, making it one of the largest in Scandinavia. The five Viking longhouses were found at the archaeological site of Gjellestad, where the same team discovered a Viking ship in 2018. “We found several buildings, all typical Iron Age longhouses, north of the Gjellestad ship,” said Dr. […]
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Global warming has unlocked hundreds of Viking artifacts from the ice of the Norwegian mountains in recent years. In November, archaeologists from the Secret of the Ice project, part of Norway’s Glacier Archaeology Program, discovered 68 arrows spanning a period of 6,000 years—a record for any frozen archaeological site—on the Langfonne ice patch, an ancient Viking hunting ground. Read the entire story […]
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Archaeologists in Norway have discovered the remains of a cluster of Norse longhouses, including one of the largest of these structures ever found. Read more by clicking the link below: https://www.livescience.com/norse-longhouse-discovered-viking-ship-burial
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Here is a cool story I found on Smithsonian. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavation-viking-ship-burial-continues-new-research-reveals-history-elite-scandinavian-society-180976273/