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Archaeologist reveals details of rare runic finds discovered in downtown Oslo
Unearthed in a park barely a five minutes' walk from Oslo's Opera House and Munch Museum, 11 artifacts with runic markings in Old Norse and Latin shed new light on our understanding of how people communicated some 500-1,000 years ago.4 months ago — News -
Mystery surrounds Viking hoard found in Stjørdal
A lifelong metal detectorist, Pawel Bednarski, hit upon an amazing find one unpromising morning just before Christmas 2021.4 months ago — News -
World's oldest runestone to go on show in Oslo
Rare find dates back to the early first millennium, forcing experts to reassess the development of runestones in Scandinavia.4 months ago — News -
The amazing discovery of pre-Viking-era skis in Norway: "We spent hours chopping away at the ice"
In 2021, archaeologists discovered the second part of the best-preserved pair of skis from prehistory at a Digervarden ice patch in Norway. The second ski has been dated to the Merovingian Iron Age.4 months ago — News -
Three-kilo mystery object pulled in by a fisherman's net outside Sveggevika, Norway
An elaborate object got stuck in a net outside Sveggesundet bay, Norway, at a depth of about eighty meters. It has probably rested at the bottom of the sea for several hundred years, perhaps even a thousand years.5 months ago — News -
Unique Stone Age fishing trap system discovered in Jotunheimen, Norway
After the water was drained from the Tesse mountain lake in Jotunheim, Norway, something unusual appeared. Reidar Marstein quickly understood what it was.7 months ago — News