When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...

One such burial was found when amateur metal detectorists came across partially exposed bronze brooches in the dirt in Norway’s remote Senja Island in 2023. A little digging revealed rib bones ...

A U.S. citizen has died after a Viking ship replica capsized off Norway's west coast overnight, according to Norwegian media. Police reportedly found a woman dead in the water close to the vessel but ...

When a metal detector beeped on the Norwegian island of Senja, archaeologists suspected it may be Vikings. But they weren’t suspecting anything like this. Just 20 centimeters beneath the soil, they ...

One woman died and five other people were rescued after a replica of a Viking ship capsized off Norway's west coast overnight, authorities said Wednesday. Police said a woman was found dead in the ...

“Only the elite would receive a burial like this,” the lead archaeologist noted. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the Viking burial of a high-status woman who was buried with her dog in a boat, ...

Metal detectorists found bronze artifacts in Norway and prompted archaeologists to excavate, revealing a Viking boat grave, a museum said. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway On a remote ...

An American archaeologist has died after embarking on an expedition aboard a replica Viking boat that capsized off the coast of Norway on Tuesday, according to reports. Six people were aboard the ...

A metal detectorist has discovered a strange Viking Age grave in Norway with scallop shells covering the mouth of the skeleton, raising questions about its symbolism. Archaeologists are perplexed ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 10th-century Viking woman in Norway who was buried in a boat grave along with her pet dog, shedding more light on special funerary rituals reserved for ...