The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

A recent study reveals stunning new details about Scandinavia's oldest boat, including a fingerprint preserved in tar and ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

When an ancient ship was unearthed in Scandinavia over 100 years ago, archaeologists started to uncover bits and pieces of ...

About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...

The discovery of a Viking-age burial in Trøndelag, Norway, has presented archaeologists with a historical mystery.

Across the world there are places to which people return time and again, sometimes over centuries, and leave behind tokens that speak to the purpose of their trips. The visitors may intend to honor ...

Around 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off ...

After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...

The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest from the Sun, giving the shortest day and longest night of the year.

Archaeologists discover a Viking grave in Senja containing the remains of a woman and a her beloved dog in a boat.