By Stephanie Pappas An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. Three Viking graves excavated in Norway contain coins from distant lands and an oddly symbolic stone carved to look like female genitalia. The graves, all of which seemed to belong toContinue reading “‘Vulva stone’ and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway”
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Viking king’s coin find of ‘national significance’
By Katy Prickett A rare coin minted by a Viking warlord after he became a Christian king is “the first in the country” to benefit from a new Treasure Act definition on “the basis of national significance”, an expert has said. The silver penny was made for Athelstan II, better known as Guthrum, who led aContinue reading “Viking king’s coin find of ‘national significance’”
Archaeologists Find Message in a Bottle at Viking Site—Here’s What It Says
By Brian Dillon An archaeologist was shocked when he discovered a message in a bottle from over 150 years ago when digging at an old Viking graveyard. Norwegian historian Jacob Bredesen captured the moment the bottle was found, which had been left by Anders Lorange in 1874 during a dig on the site. “We haven’t openedContinue reading “Archaeologists Find Message in a Bottle at Viking Site—Here’s What It Says”
When the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic
By Daniel Weiss When a settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, at the northern tip of Newfoundland, was first excavated in the 1960s, the style of its buildings made clear they were constructed by Vikings who had arrived from Greenland in the tenth or eleventh century. But exactly when they made their voyage, becoming the firstContinue reading “When the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic”
Did Vikings drag ships across land to avoid dangerous Scottish seas?
By Steven McKenzie Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland’s west coast. Tarbert in Kintyre is among potential locations where boats were dragged over low-lying land to reach different areas of sea and destinations beyond. The practice, called portage, would have savedContinue reading “Did Vikings drag ships across land to avoid dangerous Scottish seas?”