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Two Skeletons Of Women Recovered From Viking Ship Wreckage Site Reveal Secrets of the Oseberg Burial
Two Skeletons Of Women Recovered From Viking Ship Wreckage Site Reveal Secrets of the Oseberg Burial In the heart of Norway, ...
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Norwegian Family Searches for Lost Earring in Backyard — Ends up Unearthing 1,200-Year-Old Viking Treasure
Ends up Unearthing 1,200-Year-Old Viking Treasure On a quiet island off Norway’s southeast coast, a family embarked on what ...
The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
Viking-age hoard found in Scotland a decade ago had indecipherable runes — until now
Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...
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A Proposed Translation Hints at the Origins of the Mysterious Galloway Hoard
Discovered in a field in Scotland in 2014, the Viking Age "community property" is now the focus of a new exhibition in ...
Cannibal-filled caves and threads of gold: Take a look at the latest discoveries
In Autun, France, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old fabric woven with gold threads in an ancient burial site. The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along ...
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Viking-age hoard found in Scotland a decade ago had indecipherable runes — until now
Researchers excavated the pieces and as they dug deeper into the pile, they found more than 10 pounds of artifacts carefully buried in a hoard. The pieces dated to around 900 A.D. or the Viking Age.