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Archaeologists Unearth 1874 Message in a Bottle from a Viking Grave—A 150-Year-Old Secret Revealed
The message, placed by the Norwegian archaeologist Anders Lorange in 1874, offers an extraordinary insight into the Viking ...
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Viking And Iron Age Mortuary Houses Were Discovered In Norway, And They Were Likely A Way For The Living To Visit The Dead
Three mortuary houses were discovered next to the flattened burial ... the Iron and Viking Ages. They were uncovered in the village of Vinjeøra and were likely part of funerary rituals that ...
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Viking Dig Reports
the Viking afterlife. Nearby, in Ingleby, further evidence for the Great Army's presence has been found by archaeologist Julian Richards, of York University. A cluster of burial mounds was ...
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Eagle-Eyed Man Discovers Rare Viking Arm Ring That May Have Been Lost in a Marsh in Sweden 1,000 Years Ago
An unidentified man found the armlet in a wetland last fall. Kalmar County Administrative Board. Last fall, a Swedish man ...
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A Viking Age skeleton discovery could shed light on ancient DNA
Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...
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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 ''exceptionally well-preserved ...