Norway Archive

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The world's oldest known runestone is currently on exhibition, attracting international attention among runic scholars and archaeologists. The stone has inscriptions up to

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During the construction of a new house, scientists uncovered a grave with the remains of a shield and a cape buckle. It is

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - As the ice melts, archaeologists keep making fascinating discoveries shedding light on the ancient past. The science team involved in the Secrets of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - To most children finding something unusual and unexpected is a joy, but discovering a precious, rare ancient artifact must be a memory for

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com  - As the ice melts, glacial archaeologists have made many fascinating discoveries recently. Scientists from the Secrets Of The Ice, a glacier archaeology program

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some years ago, one of the most extraordinary swords was discovered in a Viking burial ground in Langeid, Bygland, Setesdal, in southern Norway.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - One day more than 3,000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the Jotunheimen mountains. The

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Team Secrets of the Ice has been searching for clues about the past in the Norwegian mountains for 15 years, and during this

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of ancient runes is always of great interest to those who study Norse history and culture. Many runic inscriptions have been

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A small carved figure was recently unearthed during the excavation of the medieval town of Oslo, Norway. The figure depicts a person in

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - At Gjellestad in Norway, archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have found a 60-meter longhouse. There is no longer

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Norwegian archaeologists have good reason to be excited about this latest discovery. With help of ground penetrating radar device scientists have discovered 15

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It’s a race against time and there isn’t much time left to uncover the secrets of a rare Norwegian Viking ship burial before

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Destruction of historical and archaeological sites happens much too often. This time a huge Viking burial complex in Norway has become the victim

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Viking Age history will know the Vikings were excellent craftsmen and merchants who established successful relationships and

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We associate all these names – Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, Eric "Bloodaxe" Haraldsson - with courageous and

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many rock carvings have been found in Østfold county, the landscape with the most petroglyphs in Norway, but do these ancient images contain

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists can now date some stave churches more accurately than in the past.  A non-destructive measurement method called photodendrometry was used by researchers,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Viking Age mortuary house has been unearthed during an excavation of a Viking Age grave field on Vinjeøra in Hemne municipality in central

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It’s time to reevaluate our historical image of Viking women who were much more prominent than previously thought. It was long assumed that

David Tee - AncientPages.com - The name may bring fear to many, as this ancient society is forever linked with those who cause destruction to property - vandals, and