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Eagle-Eyed Man Discovers Rare Viking Arm Ring That May Have Been Lost in a Marsh in Sweden 1,000 Years Ago
Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first, he thought the circular object—found lying on the ground near a construction pit—might be a ...
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Unique Viking Grave Ship Hidden Beneath a Burial Mound Reveals Funeral of Viking Royalty
which was typical in graves from the Viking Age. The site was disturbed several times, which increased the ship's disintegration and reduced the findings of relics. The burial mound was razed to ...
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A Viking Age skeleton discovery could shed light on ancient DNA
Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...
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Viking And Iron Age Mortuary Houses Were Discovered In Norway, And They Were Likely A Way For The Living To Visit The Dead
Three mortuary houses were discovered next to the flattened burial mounds. The houses date back between A.D. 500 and A.D. 950 to the Iron and Viking Ages. They were uncovered in the village of ...
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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 ''exceptionally well-preserved ...