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 ...

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

Archaeologists discover a Viking woman buried alongside her dog in an elite boat grave. © The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The saying goes that a dog is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want to learn more about how and where the Vikings sailed, making the journey through the fjords yourself in replica boats is a practical, hands-on approach to achieving that end. Greer Jarrett ...

Poulsbo’s marina recently became home to a ship that looks like it came from a millennium ago, promising adventure and modern-day connections to Scandinavian ancestors that once commanded the sea.

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 ...