A windswept mound on England’s Cumbrian coast may conceal one of the most sought-after Viking burials in Britain: the grave of Ivarr “the Boneless”, a feared 9th-century war leader linked to the Great ...
A HAUNTING Viking-era mass grave stuffed with dismembered bodies has been uncovered in the UK – and may have been an “execution pit”. The grim burial site is packed with skulls, legs, ...
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 ...
The newly uncovered Viking-age grave in coastal Norway has stunned archaeologists, not because of its weapons or treasure, but because of a quiet, unsettling detail at the dead woman’s face. A pair of ...
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Archaeologists unearth a mysterious Viking grave with scallop shells found in an unexpected location
A Viking-age burial discovered in Trøndelag, Norway, has left archaeologists baffled by its unique elements. The most striking feature of the find is the placement of two scallop shells near the ...
The discovery of a Viking-age burial in Trøndelag, Norway, has presented archaeologists with a historical mystery. The astonishingly well-preserved grave yielded a woman who was buried with scallop ...
When an impressive Viking grave containing weapons, horses and even a board game was excavated in the 1880s, it was simply assumed that the skeleton belonged to a man. A new analysis of the DNA has ...
A mound of earth in west Cumbria could contain a lost Viking king called Ivarr the Boneless, an archaeologist claims. Ivarr - ...
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