Tag: Northern Europe
Oldest evidence of human cannibalism as a funerary practice
The remains of human bones with cutmarks, breaks and human chewing marks found across northern Europe show that some human groups living around 15,000...
1400 year old gold foil figures found in pagan temple
A total of 35 gold pieces have now been found by the roadside near the Hov farm in Vingrom. "It doesn't get much more...
Detectorist finds 1,500-year-old gold necklace in Norway
At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants,...
Shipboard cannon found off the Swedish coast may be the oldest in Europe
An international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin of the University of Gothenburg has studied what might be Europe's oldest shipboard...
How a massive North Atlantic cooling event disrupted early human occupation in Europe
A new study published in the journal Science by an international team finds that past changes in atmospheric CO2 and corresponding shifts in climate and vegetation played...
Viking’s Jomsborg could be on Hangman’s Hill near Wolin
A new hypothesis about the location of the Viking Jomsborg on Hangman’s Hill near Wolin (West Pomerania) has been put forward by archaeologist Dr....