A tunnel that has been named Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link (Danish: Femernbælt Link) is currently being constructed between Denmark and Germany. One of the unexpected outcomes of this project is …
The Ejstrup Viking Treasure
In the middle of February 2020, a Viking treasure was found on a field between Rødding and Vejby in Denmark. It was not found during a planned excavation, it was, …
The Viking Museum in Oslo has been renamed
The Viking Ship Museum in Bygdøy, Oslo will be renamed the Museum of the Viking Age. The new logo honors the three Viking ships, Oseberg, Gokstad, and Tune, which have …
Vikings may have settled Iceland earlier
The two large longhouses that were discovered at Stöð, near the village of Stöðvarfjörður in the eastern part of Iceland, are pushing the settlement of Iceland back decades. According to …
DNA analysis could solve a mysterious murder from the Viking Age
Many people around the world are using DNA testing to trace back their family tree, often with surprising results. What some people may not know, is that these DNA tests …
Edøy Viking ship discovered in the heart of Norway
The rabbit development in georadar technology has in the last couple of years resulted in an increasing amount of discoveries from the Viking Age. In September 2018, a group of …
Hunnestad picture stone rediscovered after 300 years
On the 16th of December 2020, near the city of Ystad, Sweden, a group of archaeologists found one of the long lost Hunnestad picture stones. This particular picture stone has …
Viking treasure containing 700 silver coins discovered
While some of us were spending most of 2020 expanding our waist size, a man named Claus Gundersen was walking around with his metal detector searching for ancient treasures on …
Norway urgently spends millions on the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo to save its ships from collapsing
It may come as a shock for some people, but the famous Viking ships at the Viking ship museum in Bygdøy, Oslo, are in critical condition. It had even come …
The Gjellestad Viking Ship is rotting away
When the Gjellestad Viking ship was discovered in 2018, many people were excited that another piece of the puzzle from the past would be added to the picture. However, tests …