The newly uncovered Viking-age grave in coastal Norway has stunned archaeologists, not because of its weapons or treasure, ...

The ninth-century burial site was excavated in Bjugn, located in the coast region of Trøndelag, Norway, by a team of experts after it was first discovered by metal detectorist Roy Søreng. Within the ...

One such burial was found when amateur metal detectorists came across partially exposed bronze brooches in the dirt in Norway’s remote Senja Island in 2023. A little digging revealed rib bones ...

The burial site is located near a rural road in Norway. In 2023, metal detector enthusiasts scouring Norway’s remote Senja Island stumbled across a remarkable archeological find. While searching near ...

Archaeologists discover a Viking grave in Senja containing the remains of a woman and a her beloved dog in a boat.

Strange Viking Age burial with shells covering woman’s mouth leaves archaeologists perplexed - Scallop shells were associated ...

The saying goes that a dog is a man’s best friend, but an archaeological excavation in Norway proves that women care about their four-legged companions just as much as men do, even 1,100 years ago.

The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came from a wealthy social elite. (Image credit: The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT) Archaeologists ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 10th-century Viking woman in Norway who was buried in a boat grave along with her pet dog, shedding more light on special funerary rituals reserved for ...