Archaeologists have uncovered a huge Viking burial ground featuring more than a hundred graves, including some shaped like ships. The burial ground came to light during investigations of an earlier ...

In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a "spectacular" trove of ancient objects, a ...

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Archaeologists recently found an artifact-filled Viking-era burial site in Denmark — revealing treasures that once belonged to an elite family. The discovery was announced by Moesgaard Museum (MOMU), ...

“Only the elite would receive a burial like this,” the lead archaeologist noted. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the Viking burial of a high-status woman who was buried with her dog in a boat, ...

A Viking burial site from the 10th century has been excavated in central Denmark. Consisting of 30 graves, the area was uncovered by chance in the village of Lisbjerg five miles north of Aarhus, the ...

Burials found at the site were hundreds of years younger than the Stone Age. Arkeologerna and Sweden's National Historical Museums In 2017, the town of Tvååker, Sweden, started a city planning project ...

In an extraordinary discovery, archaeologists have uncovered a Viking-era boat burial on the island of Senja, located in northern Norway. The finding sheds new light on the Viking Age’s northernmost ...

Archaeologists have found over 30 graves from the Viking era near Aarhus, Denmark, including a “very rare” coffin of an “important woman” who lived in the 10th century. Researchers were alerted to the ...

Archaeologists said they've unearthed more than 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons over the past six months, providing rare insights into how the sea-faring society lived and traveled. "This discovery ...

German archaeologists discovered that the skulls of three medieval Viking women found on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea showed evidence of an unusual procedure to elongate their ...