A 2,500-Year-Old Child’s Skull Beneath a House Floor Reveals Violence in Ancient Scandinavia
A fragment of a child’s skull bearing signs of sharp-force trauma was placed beneath the floor of an Iron Age house in Denmark, offering a…
Viking Age
Thousands of Viking Age Silver Coins Unearthed in Finland’s Largest Hoard
A metal detectorist has uncovered Finland’s largest known Viking Age coin hoard, revealing thousands of silver coins buried near the town of Sysmä. The coins…
Repaired Viking Brooch Found with Rare 1,300-Year-Old Clothing in a Child’s Grave
A child buried in western Denmark during the Viking Age was laid to rest wearing two oval brooches that preserved fragments of wool and linen…
1,000-Year-Old Christian Cemetery in Norway Reveals Unusual Multiple Burials
Archaeologists investigating a 1,000-year-old Christian cemetery in Norway have uncovered 15 skeletons, including adults and children. Several of the graves contain two or more people,…
A Waste Heap at a Norwegian Quarry Hid Seven Medieval Stone Crosses
A heap of broken stone at Hyllestad in western Norway concealed more than ordinary quarry waste. Buried among the debris were fragments of seven medieval…
14 Saxon Silver Pennies Found Near Maldon Reveal England’s Viking-Age Anxiety
The small Essex hoard dates to a troubled reign marked by Viking pressure, Danegold payments and political instability in Anglo-Saxon England Ethelred the Unready is…
More Than 3,000 Coins Reveal Norway’s Largest Viking Age Silver Hoard
The first signal revealed only a handful of silver coins. Then the field near Rena kept answering. What began on April 10 as a metal…
Gold Pendant Found in England Does Not Fit the Viking Age and Depicts John the Baptist
A small gold pendant discovered in eastern England is forcing historians to confront an unexpected contradiction. The object, dated to the 9th century, belongs to…
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…