The mass grave was uncovered during a University of Cambridge training excavation at Wandlebury, an Iron Age hillfort just south of the city. The burial pit itself measured roughly four meters by one ...
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A mass Viking grave found near Cambridge revealed a giant man who had ancient skull surgery
During the summer of 2025, a team of professional and student archaeologists was digging a pit in Wandlebury Country Park, located about three miles south of Cambridge, when they discovered the ...
After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...
New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.
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 ...
What would a Viking feast have been like? When would this get-together be held, what types of food would likely be served ...
Europe's incredible landscapes are full of history and mystery, but the stave churches that dot the countryside in Norway have to be among the most fascinating. Throughout the country, these stunning ...
Archaeologists have found a remote mountain shelter used by travelers during the Viking Age. The team identified the rock cabin along an ancient transport route across the Hardanger Plateau, a ...
Like so many critical ice formations worldwide, Norway's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate as global temperatures steadily increase. Underneath those dwindling layers of ice, archaeologists are ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Men dressed as Vikings for a fire festival in Shetland, Scotland ...
The isolated Faroe Islands were once home to an unknown population in 500 AD, about 350 years before Vikings ever arrived, according to new research. And the evidence comes from an unusual source: ...
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