When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...

One such burial was found when amateur metal detectorists came across partially exposed bronze brooches in the dirt in Norway’s remote Senja Island in 2023. A little digging revealed rib bones ...

A graduate student in Sweden has been learning about Vikings through an unusual method: He's done it by sailing like one. Archaeologist Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University, has ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2023, metal detector enthusiasts scouring Norway’s remote Senja ...

Metal detectorists found bronze artifacts in Norway and prompted archaeologists to excavate, revealing a Viking boat grave, a museum said. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway On a remote ...

A Swedish archaeologist has sailed a replica Viking boat for 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), which helped him to identify what he says are four previously unknown harbors along the coast of Norway ...

Archaeologists continue to discover graves of high-ranking Viking women. We recently saw a dig in Sweden, linked to the discovery of a Viking woman in Birka. Even accidentally, we have seen volunteers ...

An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship. By ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved carved oak vessel were the skeletons ...