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Hidden Iron Age Treasure Links Sweden to Ancient Baltic–Iberian Trade Routes

8 September 2025

Archaeologists have discovered Sweden’s first complete plano-convex ingot, revealing Iron Age maritime trade links between the Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavia, and...

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Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced And Not Unlike Today’s Treatments

15 December 2023

Viking Age teeth at Varnhem indicate surprisingly advanced dentistry, according to the results of a study conducted at the University...

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A shipboard 14th-century cannon found off the Swedish coast may be the oldest in Europe

14 September 2023

An international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin of the University of Gothenburg has confirmed that a...

One of the skeletons with tomb gifts (c. 1350 BCE). Photo: P.M. Fischer

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Tombs rich in artifacts discovered by Swedish archaeologists in Cyprus

7 July 2023

A Swedish archaeological expedition made the extraordinary discovery of tombs outside the Bronze Age trading metropolis of Hala Sultan Tekke...

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Copious Copper Supplies Made Cyprus a Trading Center in the Bronze Age

23 March 2023

Cyprus was a surprisingly busy trading hub during the early period of international trade in the Mediterranean region. Its awe-inspiring...

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Gold jewelry from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus

1 December 2021

Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala...

Hidden Iron Age Treasure Links Sweden to Ancient Baltic–Iberian Trade Routes

Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced And Not Unlike Today’s Treatments

A shipboard 14th-century cannon found off the Swedish coast may be the oldest in Europe

Tombs rich in artifacts discovered by Swedish archaeologists in Cyprus

Copious Copper Supplies Made Cyprus a Trading Center in the Bronze Age

Gold jewelry from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus

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