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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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”
Metal detectors in hand, 2 men uncover giant hoard of ancient coins
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”
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”
Lost grave of Viking warlord ‘discovered’ on English coast
Ivarr the Boneless was a formidable ninth-century warlord A hill on the west Cumbrian coast could be the long-sought burial mound of Ivarr the Boneless, one of the most powerful Viking leaders to have ruled in Britain, an archaeologist has claimed. Ivarr, also known as Ivarr the Legless or Ivarr the Dragon, was a formidableContinue reading “Lost grave of Viking warlord ‘discovered’ on English coast”