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Viking ship mounds proposed as new World Heritage sites

Norway's Directorate of Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren) announced on Monday that it is recommending seven burial mounds around the country for inclusion as Unesco World...

Melting ice yields historic treasures

Climate change is widely viewed as destructive and worrisome, but in Norway it's also leading to discoveries of new historical information and treasures emerging...

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...
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