Sewer line workers stumble on Viking ship timber
The project in The Netherlands was paused so that the possibly 1,200-year-old piece of wood could be preserved. BY ANDREW PAUL Work on a sewer line southeast of Amsterdam was paused recently, after construction crews discovered an unexpected and very large obstacle. According to a recent social media post from the Dutch town of Wijk…
Why Do We Call It “Bluetooth”?
The unexpected Viking Age origins of a modern technology staple, from the name to the logo. By Logan DeLoye If you’ve ever paired your headphones or connected your smartphone to a speaker, you’re familiar with Bluetooth. While we barely notice it, this behind-the-scenes technology seamlessly connects our devices, freeing us from tangles upon tangles of…
Did the Vikings reach Maine?
An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there. By Owen Jarus In 1957, an amateur archaeologist working at a Native American site in Maine discovered a perplexing treasure: a 900-year-old silver Norse coin that dated to the late Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066). The artifact, sometimes…
This ‘gruesome’ execution pit is raising unsettling questions about the Vikings
The disturbing burial site contained decapitated corpses and body parts stacked on top of each other. Yet what happened there remains a mystery BY TOM HOWARTH Archaeologists excavating a training dig near Cambridge have uncovered a grisly burial pit that may offer rare insight into violence and punishment during the turbulent Viking Age in England.…
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