16 December 2025
Well-Preserved A Dog, a Bone Dagger: Inside a 5,000-Year-Old Burial Beneath a Swedish Lake
By the edge of a vanished lake in southern Sweden, archaeologists have uncovered a burial so…
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5 November 2025
Standing Swords, Beads, and Magnificent Horse Gear: Viking Treasures Unearthed Along Sweden’s E18
Two upright swords thrust into Viking graves, strings of glittering beads, and richly decorated horse equipment…
28 March 2025
New Discovery Challenges Origins of Iconic Sutton Hoo Helmet: It Could Radically Alter Our Understanding of 7th Century Northern European Power Dynamics
A recent find on the Danish island of Tåsinge has sparked a significant reevaluation of the…
6 March 2025
The Oldest Known Carvel-Built Shipwreck in the Nordic Region Found
Maritime archaeologists from the Museum of Wrecks (Vrak) in Stockholm have made a groundbreaking discovery off…
3 November 2024
Unusual Iron Age Female Grave Found in Pryssgården, Sweden
In an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists found a woman's grave buried with a small…
9 February 2024
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population, according to a new study
Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was…
29 December 2023
Over 4 feet long sword found in a medieval grave in Sweden
An unusual and exciting discovery was made during archaeological research at Lilla Torg in the port…
15 December 2023
Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced And Not Unlike Today’s Treatments
Viking Age teeth at Varnhem indicate surprisingly advanced dentistry, according to the results of a study…
22 April 2023
Two unique mid-14th-century shipwrecks discovered in Sweden
During an archaeological dig in western Sweden this summer, the remains of two medieval merchant vessels…
23 October 2022
Thor’s hammer amulet discovered in Sweden
Archaeologists have unearthed the Thor's Hammer amulet, which they call “one of its kind” in Ysby…