A Huge New Rock Art Panel Emerges at Sweden’s Tanum World Heritage Site
A survey of the Tanum rock carvings at Trättelanda has revealed 16 previously undocumented carved rock surfaces. The largest contains ships and human figures across…
Sweden archaeology
3,000-Year-Old Stone Grave Shaped Like a Ship Discovered in Sweden
Archaeologists in southern Sweden have uncovered a prehistoric burial site where stones were arranged to form the outline of a small ship. No actual vessel…
Stone Age Flint Dagger Found Beneath 18th-Century Swedish Cottage Raises “Thunderstone” Question
Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a Stone Age flint dagger beneath the former site of Åbrostugan, an 18th-century cottage that once stood in Åbro village…
A ‘Bearskin’ in Museum Storage Turns Out to Be Sweden’s Oldest Known Shoe
Leather fragments kept for decades in a Swedish museum under the label “bearskin” have been reidentified as something far rarer: the oldest known shoe remains…
Rare 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Neck Rings Found Inside a Swedish Grave Monument
Archaeologists excavating at Marby, east of Norrköping in Sweden, have uncovered two rare bronze neck rings inside a Late Bronze Age grave monument. The ornaments,…
Over 500 Viking Horse Artefacts Discovered in Sweden, with Horses Cremated Beside Their Owners
In central Sweden, archaeologists have uncovered an extraordinary Viking Age burial site where horses were cremated alongside their owners, accompanied by more than 500 pieces…