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  1. Sonar Spots Up To 700-Year-Old Shipwreck Deep in Norwegian Lake

    ... Norwegian lake, approximately 60 miles (100 km) north of Norway’s capital city of Oslo, returned striking acoustic ... they’ve had to deal with is the weather. November in Norway can be far from hospitable. Rough seas and frosty ... shipbuilding. ( FFI / NTNU ) Uncovering the Mysteries of Norway’s Inland Sea This marvelous shipwreck discovery was ...

    Nathan Falde - 25/11/2022 - 13:59

  2. Viking Chief Tore Hund and his successful resistance against Christian conversion

    ... 990 AD, during the first incursions of Christianity into Norway. Today, many people around the world still resort to ... Olaf, who reportedly made a deal to impose Christianity on Norway in exchange for the help of other European powers. ... brother-in-law. So while Tore opposed Christianization of Norway, he also had a personal vendetta with the king. ...

    Mark Miller - 28/09/2015 - 14:53

  3. Ancient Slavic Woman Warrior Buried In Viking Graveyard With Her Brutal Weapon Of Warcraft

    ... of Bonn in Germany and the University of Bergen in Norway, and he said in a statement, “the Slavic woman's ... of the 30 graves of women that have contained weapons in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden and his findings will be ... Viking Boat Burial Discovered Under Market Square in Norway A Slavic Legend of Immortality: Koschei, the Deathless ...

    ashley cowie - 26/07/2019 - 06:11

  4. Viking Ship Burial Discovered on Norwegian Island

    ... is allowing us to know more about our past. Researchers in Norway have used it to identify a Viking ship burial on an ... is located 70 miles (85 km) west of Trondheim in western Norway. The survey was conducted by a team of local experts ... only been three similar well-preserved burials found in Norway and they all were discovered many years ago. The ...

    Ed Whelan - 24/11/2019 - 00:04

  5. Most Exciting Finds From The Gjellestad Viking Ship So Far

    ... the Viking ship long buried in the ground, reports Science Norway . A number of impressively built Viking longhouses ... excavation is the first monumental Viking ship burial in Norway in the last hundred years. Wood doesn’t last very ... beads found at the Gjellestad Viking ship site in Norway. ( Museum of Cultural History, Oslo ) Two Viking axes ...

    Sahir - 02/06/2022 - 14:59

  6. Christian Round Churches Hide Astronomical Secrets of the Viking Seafarers

    ... in 875 AD and Christianized by King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, (960s – 1000). It was from Orkney where many of the ... in 875 AD and Christianized by King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, (960s – 1000). It was from Orkney where many of the ... were launched. Were Christian Viking round churches in Norway aligned with the round church in Orkney, Scotland, to ...

    ashley cowie - 02/02/2018 - 15:22

  7. Huge 1,500-Year-Old Arrowhead Released From Melting Glacier

    Archaeologists in Norway uncovered a 1,500-year-old iron arrowhead in a melting glacier in the summer of 2020. Archaeologists in Norway uncovered a 1,500-year-old iron arrowhead in a ... a feather from its flight, locked in a glacier in southern Norway. The team of scientists noted that climate change has ...

    ashley cowie - 09/03/2020 - 22:01

  8. Norwegian Basement Yields Norse Iron Treasures, Museologists Ecstatic!

    ... a well near their house near Aurdal, in Valdres, central Norway. Having rediscovered the iron bars, Sørum recently ... transported across several trade routes spanning Western Norway and Denmark. Mildrid Een Eide says the 32 bars “are ... says iron mining occurred in many places in southern Norway, for example, in Trøndelag archaeologists have ...

    ashley cowie - 21/04/2023 - 14:59

  9. An Archaeological Needle in the Haystack: The Viking Village of Kaupang

    ... district known in the literature as “Skiringssal,”, Norway is one such example. Centuries of research and ... Student Discovers Viking Trading Station in Northern Norway Map showing some of the Viking Age (circa 790-1100 AD) ... and Tjølling in Vestfold County, Norway, with location in Norway inset. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) ...

    Mark Johnston - 12/07/2022 - 22:57

  10. Ancient Norse Teeth Plaque Helps Explain Pandemics

    ... of a young woman discovered in Trondheim , in northern Norway . While Ragna was very rare in Europe and North ... Viking Boat Burial Discovered Under Market Square in Norway Norwegian Archaeologists Have Found the Shrine of a ... of the church cemetery of St. Olav in Trondheim, Norway. The burial location of SK152 (red circle) belongs to ...

    ashley cowie - 26/02/2022 - 13:59

  11. Ancient Origins' Most Extraordinary Archaeological Treasures of 2023

    ... site unexpectedly revealed during a home remodeling in Norway reminds us of the treasures that lie hidden beneath ... the existence of a previously unknown Iron Age king . In Norway, a massive Viking longhouse is uncovered, while in ... ago during a home renovation. (Joakim Wintervoll/ Science Norway ) Little did Oddbjørn Holum Heiland know what he ...

    Gary Manners - 27/12/2023 - 16:52

  12. The 800-year-old body found in a Norwegian well supports accuracy of Sverris Saga

    ... Sverresborg, a medieval fortification located in Bergen, Norway. But World War II put an end to the excavations and ... 800 years ago. Skeletal remains found in Sverresborg, Norway. Credit: NIKU It was during this period, in the late ... their shoes of birch bark, in a fight for the throne of Norway against the church-supported Baglers. The saga tells ...

    aprilholloway - 07/11/2014 - 12:06

  13. The Oseberg Ship Burial Astounded Archaeologists with Excellent Preservation and Hoard of Artifacts

    ... high) on his property at the Lille Oseberg farm in Slagen, Norway, and came across what seemed to be a ship. Rom decided ... far-flung lands The excavation of the Oseberg Ship, Norway. 1904 - 1905. Public Domain The excavation of the ... Viking age. The Oseberg Ship in the Viking Ship Museum, Norway. Nathan Wind/ Flickr Even though the ship was found in ...

    dhwty - 15/04/2015 - 03:46

  14. Ceremonial Viking Shields Re-identified as Actual Battle-Worn Armor

    ... of 1,100-year-old wooden Viking shields excavated in Norway in 1880 have been used to assert that these round ... of 1,100-year-old wooden Viking shields excavated in Norway in 1880 have been used to assert that these round ... ship found under a large mound at Gokstad in eastern Norway . Dissolving Myths: Vikings Did NOT Hide Behind Shield ...

    Nathan Falde - 29/03/2023 - 15:02

  15. Stavanger Cathedral Built Over Viking Settlement, New Evidence Suggests

    ... the floors of the spectacular  Stavanger Cathedral  on Norway’s southwestern coast unearthed new evidence ... Student Discovers Viking Trading Station in Northern Norway The Viking Serpent: Serpent Worship, Sacred Geometry, and Secrets of the Celtic Church in Norway Denham explained that there is no tradition of people ...

    Nathan Falde - 04/06/2021 - 23:00

  16. Thor Heyerdahl, Reviving The Solar Cult Of Ancient Mariners

    ... to swim! The Kon-Tiki raft in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway ( CC BY-SA 4.0) Early Life Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, Norway on October 6, 1914 and died in Colla Micheri, Italy on ... children. The Kon-Tiki in the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway ( Bahnfrend  -/ CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Reed Rafts And Balsa ...

    Enrico - 06/11/2020 - 20:19

  17. The long goodbye to Scandinavian Paganism and the Christianization of three realms

    Prior to Christianity, the lands of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway saw the worship of an amalgamation of deities known ... Christianity to northern Europe. Image source: Wikipedia Norway was the most difficult to transform from polytheism to ... that they were prolific years.  He travelled all over Norway to enforce the Christian faith, destroying pagan areas ...

    Riley Winters - 16/10/2014 - 14:10

  18. Tracking Artifacts Reveals Lost Nordic Mountain Trade Route

    ... the planet, in 2011 Glacier Hub told how archaeologists in Norway discovered a “1,700-year-old tunic,” at the ... of Cultural Heritage, Innlandet County Council in Norway, the University of Cambridge in England, and the ... Find Striking Viking Sword Isolated at High Altitude in Norway Thawing Ice Reveals Norwegian Mountains Littered with ...

    ashley cowie - 16/04/2020 - 00:00

  19. Two Parts of the Same, Huge Viking Sword Separated 1200 Years Ago are Reunited

    ... ‘Queen of Gausel’ was found on a farm in Stavanger, Norway, last year by an amateur treasure hunter. The second ... Glørstad, an archaeologist at the University of Oslo in Norway said: “The sword is probably what we call a ... of the most heavily ornamented swords from the Viking Age. Norway itself has 20 similar artifacts, though most of these ...

    Sahir - 19/06/2022 - 14:51

  20. Ancient artifacts and human remains surface as glaciers melt

    ... weapons, walking sticks – lost in the high mountains of Norway thousands of years ago - are now emerging from melting ... of Cultural History ) This phenomenon is not limited to Norway. All over the world as glaciers melt and recede, ... machines. Nigardsbrevatnet Glacier, in the Sognefjord, Norway. ( Wikimedia Commons ) In 2005, the online magazine ...

    Mark Miller - 22/01/2015 - 00:27

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