Tag: archaeology
New golden treasure goes on display
The University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology opened its doors Friday to what's being dubbed "the gold discovery of the century:" Nine coin-like engraved...
Archaeologists rejoice over ‘new’ but oldest rune stone
It may look look like scribbles to the untrained eye, but the figures found etched on this piece of stone found in southern Norway...
Ship graveyard impresses historians
More than 75 sunken ships have been found at the bottom of two lakes in Norway, shedding new light on the country's long maritime...
Enthusiasts find new rock carvings
A field in Østfold south of Oslo turned out to be full of ancient rock carvings, discovered by local enthusiasts who go out hunting...
Archaeologists unearth Viking age temple
Archaeologists from the University Museum in Bergen have found traces of a heathen temple used for worshipping old Norse gods such as Odin and...
Historic excavation now underway
UPDATED: A full-scale excavation of a Viking ship found within a settlement from Viking times is now underway at Gjellestad near Halden in Southern...
Rot hastens Viking ship’s excavation
Archaeologists and Norway's director of cultural heritage are calling for rapid excavation of a Viking ship found buried in a field at Gjellestad near...
Archaeologists find another buried ship
Buried in the ground close to an 829-year old church on an island off Norway's northwest coast lies a ship that archaeologists believe dates...
Archaeologists find hull of Viking ship
Preliminary excavations into the discovery of more Viking treasures south of Oslo have led to the hull of what archaeologists are calling the Gjellestadskip....
Norway finds another Viking ship
On an open field along the Oslo Fjord, among grave mounds from the Viking Age, archaeologists have found what they believe is another buried...
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