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By Laura Geggel Viking boat graffiti like this record-setting carving are usually “extremely poorly done.” Archaeologists in Iceland have unearthed the country’s oldest known drawing: a scratched-out piece of “Viking graffiti” that looks like a partly drawn boat. The researchers found the graffiti in the remains of a longhouse, said Bjarni F. Einarsson, an archaeologist and managerContinue reading “1,200-year-old ‘Viking graffiti’ is the oldest drawing ever discovered in Iceland”

By Jennifer Nalewicki Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed portions of a massive Viking hall, with more of the structure still buried. Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a portion of a massive Viking hall that may be connected to King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, who reigned from A.D. 958 to 986, during the Viking Age.The structure, which is located inContinue reading “Giant Viking hall, possibly connected to Harald Bluetooth, unearthed in Denmark”