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1. New study reveals Vikings could navigate after dark using sun-compass and mythical sunstone

   ... waters. Now a team of researchers from Hungary and Sweden claim to have a clue as to how the Norse warriors ...

   aprilholloway - 26/03/2014 - 22:07

2. Gerasimos Gerolymatos

   ... in Greece and in private collections in Italy, Germany and Sweden. He has been rewarded in 1981, 1996, and 1997 in ...

   ancient-origins - 03/01/2013 - 08:14

3. The Magical Sampo: Object of Power and Riches in Finnish Folklore

   ... Grand Duchy of Finland following the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia. One of the results of the Russian conquest ...

   dhwty - 11/04/2015 - 03:48

4. Exploring the Origins of the Vandals, The Great Destroyers

   ... that the Vandals originated in Scandinavia (in central Sweden, there is a parish called Vendel which may be ...

   dhwty - 24/10/2015 - 14:50

5. Ruthless Perception of Vikings Returns as Evidence of the Use of Slaves During the Viking Age Comes into Focus Yet Again

   ... tools to change this.” Neil Price , an archaeologist at Sweden’s Uppsala University, told National Geographic . ...

   Alicia McDermott - 31/12/2015 - 00:03

6. Archaeologists Explore Incredible Ancient City in Supposed Backwater Region of Greece

   ... of Karditsa (Greece), the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and the University of Bournemouth (UK). They have ...

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 15/12/2016 - 01:00

7. Doubt Cast on Bronze Age Teen Priestess and ‘Queen-like’ Woman’s Traveling Ways

   ... included Germany , the Czech Republic , France , or Sweden . “We can’t say with 100 per cent certainty where ...

   Mark Miller - 21/03/2019 - 20:24

8. Objects with Viking Rune Inscriptions Unearthed in Denmark’s Oldest Town

   ... of Power and Destruction: Reading the Cursed Runestones of Sweden New Interpretation of the Rok Runestone Inscription ...

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 17/01/2018 - 13:57

9. Dr. Eran Elhaik

   ... is currently an Associate Professor at Lund University (Sweden). His research uses computational, statistical, ...

   ancient-origins - 08/02/2013 - 12:02

10. The life expectancy myth, and why many ancient humans lived long healthy lives

    ... humans was estimated at just 20 – 35 years; in Sweden in the 1750s it was 36 years; it hit 48 years by the ...

    aprilholloway - 24/04/2014 - 14:03

11. The Ancient Parliamentary Plains of Iceland

    ... system has its origins in 18 th century Great Britain and Sweden. Nevertheless, the oldest parliamentary institution in ...

    dhwty - 01/08/2014 - 14:23

12. Magnificent 3D Reconstruction of Pompeii Home Sheds Light on Life in the Ancient City Before its Destruction

    ... the first century AD. It is now overseen by researchers at Sweden's Lund University. The researchers virtually ...

    Natalia Klimczak - 06/10/2016 - 03:45

13. A 700-Year-Old Murder Mystery: Who Bludgeoned the Bocksten Man to Death and Why?

    ... Bocksten Man was discovered in a peat bog in Bocksten in Sweden during the first half of the 20 th century. Based on ...

    dhwty - 07/03/2017 - 13:59

14. Winchester Mystery House – Anything But an Ordinary Millionaire’s Mansion

    ... popular culture – the Winchester rifle. Queen of Sweden Says Her Old Palatial Home is Haunted by Friendly ...

    ML Childs - 05/06/2017 - 14:02

15. Secrets of 829-Year-Old Post-Viking-Era Shipwreck Revealed

    ... that the ship’s oak and pine timbers were from Western Sweden . It had an estimated crew size of 8-12 men. Diagram ...

    ancient-origins - 19/04/2019 - 22:53

16. Could a 300-Year-Old Murder Mystery Finally Be Solved?

    ... 322 years ago – could it be him? Lund University in Sweden follows the dangerous love story between Philip ...

    ancient-origins - 17/10/2016 - 00:39

17. Viking Runestone Uncovers Climate Fears That Fed Ragnarök Myth

    ... in the early 9 th century near Lake Vättern in southern Sweden. According to The Guardian it “bears the longest ...

    Ed Whelan - 09/01/2020 - 18:38

18. Mummified Bishop Reveals the Ancient Origins Of Tuberculosis

    ... bishop overlooking Lund in Scania, in what is today Sweden, until he died after a long battle with illness at age ...

    ashley cowie - 17/08/2020 - 01:22

19. Scientists Believe they Have Found the Origins of the Unique Basque Culture

    ... geneticist) and his team from Uppsala University in Sweden believe that prehistoric Iberian farmers are the ...

    Alicia McDermott - 09/09/2015 - 00:38

20. 17th Century Mummified Bishop Found with Fetus in his Coffin to be Reinterred

    ... bishop will be laid to rest once again at Lund Cathedral, Sweden, following 15 months of scientific study on his ...

    aprilholloway - 11/12/2015 - 14:50

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