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The rig holding the priceless ship weighs 50 tonnes. It will be moved along the track at a maximum speed of 4.2 millimetres ...
Architecture firm Sp(r)int Studio has restored, extended and added polycarbonate roof panels to a 1950s timber structure ...
The study found a strong trade network between Greenland Norse and French abbeys, linking Cistercians to broader economies, ...
Only three iron Viking bracelets are among over 1,000 preserved in the National Historical Museum, making this find ...
Its cryptic inscriptions could rewrite the early history of runic writing in Scandinavia.
Quite a few stones that look like penises, so-called phallic stones, have been found. Now archaeologists believe they have ...
A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking ...
Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off the southeast coast of the mainland, surrounded by the Baltic Sea. It was ...
A new study suggests that Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed open seas 3,000 years before the Vikings, showing they were ...