By Michelle del Rey Two detectorists recently uncovered real-life treasure in a Norwegian field: thousands of coins dating back to the Viking Age. The discovery began when the two private men found 19 silver coins on Friday, April 10, in a field near Rena in Østerdalen, about 45 miles from Oslo, Norway’s capital. The hobbyistsContinue reading “Metal detectors in hand, 2 men uncover giant hoard of ancient coins”
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Archaeologists Found a Ship Buried in Norway. It’s Older than the Vikings.
Monumental ship burials had a wider and deeper past than we thought. BY TIM NEWCOMB The Vikings weren’t the first to get into the business of monumental ship burial mounds in Norway. It turns out that burying ships under piles of Earth was happening at least 100 years before the Vikings made it famous—and inContinue reading “Archaeologists Found a Ship Buried in Norway. It’s Older than the Vikings.”
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Scientists baffled by mysterious 1,200-year-old coin linking Vikings to Jesus
A strange coin found with a metal detector has opened up a mystery that could change the history of Vikings in Europe and their belief in the teachings of Jesus. By Chris Melore A shocking discovery has unearthed an apparent link between Vikings and the teachings of Jesus, rewriting what historians assumed about the spreadContinue reading “Scientists baffled by mysterious 1,200-year-old coin linking Vikings to Jesus”
Sewer shock: 1,300-year-old Viking ship fragment discovered during suburban excavation
By Ben Cost Workers were taken aback after discovering a 1,300-year-old fragment from a Viking ship during a drainage excavation project in the Netherlands. The employees had been replacing a sewer system in Wijk bij Duurstede when they discovered a wooden beam protruding from the pavement, Jam Press reported. While it initially appeared to beContinue reading “Sewer shock: 1,300-year-old Viking ship fragment discovered during suburban excavation”