Archaeologists in coastal Norway have uncovered a Viking-Age grave that is forcing specialists to rethink what they know about death, ritual, and identity in the early medieval north. At the center of ...

The woman lived in Bjugn during the Viking Age. She presents a mystery that archaeologists have not yet solved. Credit: Raymond Sauvage, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet The chain of events that led to this ...

Metal detectorist Roy Søreng was scouring a field in Norway when he stumbled upon an oval-shaped metal brooch. When archaeologists arrived to investigate, they made an even bigger discovery: the ...

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