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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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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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During explorations and excavations in Karmøy in June last year, archaeologists discovered a new Viking ship in an old burial mound, as well as uncovered new information about the Storhaug ship which was discovered in the 1880s. Karmøy […]
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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 […]
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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 […]