Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Hundreds of years before the Viking Age, Nordic Bronze Age societies were likely proficient open-sea navigators who regularly crossed large tracts of ocean directly between what is now Denmark and Norway, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE. Led…
The frozen landscapes of Svalbard, a remote archipelago of Norway in the Arctic, have hidden a special archaeological find for years—graves from the 17th and 18th centuries that belong to European whalers. However, rising temperatures are fast becoming a menace…
Maritime archaeologists from the Museum of Wrecks (Vrak) in Stockholm have identified a shipwreck off Sweden’s coast that may be the oldest confirmed carvel-built vessel in the Nordic region. Lying beneath Landfjärden’s waters south of Stockholm, Wreck 5 is believed…
Norwegian researchers have used genetic analysis to potentially identify the remains of a medieval figure described in an 800-year-old Norse saga. The study, published on October 25 in the journal iScience, analyzes skeletal remains discovered in 1938 at the Sverresborg…
Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have unearthed a 1,300-year-old ship burial at the Herlaugshaugen burial mound in Leka, Trøndelag County. The find predates the Viking Age and challenges previous assumptions about the timeline of ship…
Archaeologists have unearthed a colossal Bronze Age building, near the royal grave at Seddin in Brandenburg, Germany. The structure is believed to be the legendary meeting hall of King Hinz, a ruler associated with local folklore and purportedly buried in…
King Hans of Denmark and Norway anchored his warship near the southern coast of Sweden in the summer of 1495. While Hans was on land, his ship, Gribshunden or Griffen, caught fire and sank to the bottom of the Baltic…
