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ANCIENT VIKING BURIAL
A skeleton was found beneath Prague Castle. The Nazis called him a Viking; later it became a Slavonic warriorA 10th century burial found under Prague Castle in 1928, became a part of political battle. Nazi-era readings called the man a Viking, whil...- 1,300-year-old Viking dress found in Denmark: Archaeologists uncover buried fragments offering rare clues to how Viking women dressedArchaeologists have discovered 1,300-year-old textile fragments from a Viking woman’s burial in Skonager, Denmark. Preserved around metal b...
- In 1831, Swedish Navy planted 300,000 oak trees on Visingsö for future warships; when they were ready in 1975, Navy rejected the timber as ships had switched to steel, leaving a forest behindSweden's Navy undertook an intriguing initiative by planting oak trees on Visingsö to secure timber for future warships. Decades later, as ...
- 6-year-old Norway boy finds ‘rusty metal’ on class excursion; it turns out to be 1,300-year-old pre-Viking swordA six-year-old boy in Norway discovered a 1,300-year-old sword from the pre-Viking era during a school trip. The ancient weapon, found in a...
- Why Vikings Buried Their Horses With Them, and What Archaeologists Just Found Is SurprisingNew Viking discoveries in Sylta, Sweden, has offer a glimpse into ancient life. Over 500 iron artifacts linked to horse gear were unearthed...
- Did our ancestors leave a puzzle for us? Scientists claim world’s oldest rune stone from Norway is part of a bigger, mysterious messageArchaeologists in Norway have discovered the world's oldest dated rune stone, part of a larger 2,000-year-old slab. The stone, deliberately...
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