The recent discovery of a Viking hall in Hune, Nordjylland, has shed new light on the social and political structures of Viking society. The hall, measuring approximately 40 meters long …
Rune stone found under a kitchen floor in Randers, Denmark. This is one of the oldest and rarest rune stones discovered to this date.
In the summer of 2022, a couple from Randers embarked on a home renovation project, planning to remove their old linoleum kitchen floor. To their astonishment, they discovered a massive, …
Another piece of wood with a runic inscription found during the excavations at the Medieval Park in Oslo, Norway
Another interesting piece of wood with runic inscriptions has been found at the Medieval Park in Oslo. It was found in the same layer as the knife handle in the …
Huge longhouse discovered near the Viking ship burial at Gjellestad in Norway
In 2018, the remains of a Viking ship and the first traces of an old settlement were discovered at Gjellestad outside Halden. This was the first time in more than …
Four graves with rare objects dating back to the Viking Age were found in eastern Iceland
In 2021, four graves dating back to the settlement period of Iceland were found during archeological excavations on the farm Fjörður by Seyðisfjörður in eastern Iceland. The findings were quite …