And it wasn’t the only thing they uncovered. BY TIM NEWCOMB Archaeologists excavating the land of a former farm in Sweden struck gold—well, silver actually—when they found a buried pot filled with Viking-era silver. In 2025, archaeologists from Arkeologerna, a division of the Swedish History Museum, announced the discovery of not only the silver treasure,Continue reading “They Found a 1,000-Year-Old Treasure Buried Underground—Then They Realized Why It Was Left There”
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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.”
Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time
In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists must find the emerging artifacts before they degrade forever. By Anna Fiorentino A brown leather loafer came into view on a patch of ice highContinue reading “Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time”
Archaeologists Just Can’t Stop Finding Viking Hoards
An archaeological revolution has overturned decades of assumptions. BY SHAWN GORMAN Recently, a man was walking through a field near Rold, Denmark, when he spotted two metallic objects glinting in the topsoil. He crouched down, scraped away the dirt, and pulled out two heavy gold bracelets—then promptly alerted authorities. Archaeologists rushed to the site andContinue reading “Archaeologists Just Can’t Stop Finding Viking Hoards”
