Scandinavia Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you ever visit Sweden during Christmas, make sure to go to the city of Gävle, where you can see a colossal goat

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first analysis of the Early Neolithic stone burial chamber unearthed in Tiarp, near Falköping in Sweden, is now completed. Archaeologists say the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - As the world faces the challenges of present-day climate change, scientific inquiry is, among other objectives, exploring how human societies navigate environmental variations at

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When archaeologists recently carried out an excavation at Vinjeøra in southern Trøndelag County, they made a surprising discovery that they had only dreamed

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Finland, many unexplored ancient caves hold many secrets. One of them is called Varggrottan, which means Wolf Cave in English. When archaeologists

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Norse legends tell the legendary Ynglings were descendants of the Norse gods and the oldest known Scandinavian King dynasty. In ancient times, they

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new major study captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If Vikings were alive today, they would be surprised and perhaps even a little flattered to see how the world has taken an

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The theory suggesting that Norse God Odin can be somehow connected to Attila the Hun may seem far-fetched when you hear about it

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Have we misunderstood the contents of the famous epic poem Beowulf? According to one professor who spent eight years studying the poem, Beowulf

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - About 10,000 years ago, the first humans settled in Scandinavia. Some of them left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gum, masticated lumps

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -Much has been written about the Vikings and often by people who have little knowledge about Viking history. Another reason why Vikings’ reputation has

AncientPages.com - It’s still possible to find interesting runes in Scandinavia. While excavating in Norrköping, Sweden, archaeologists had unearthed unusual runes that seem to have been deliberately created to

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Over the years, archaeologists have discovered many precious Viking Age artifacts, such as unique Viking jewelry, weapons, ritual objects, pieces of clothes, and even ships. Gjermundbu

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Bronze Age Viksö helmets with horns were discovered in southern Scandinavia. Due to their impractical size and shape, these ancient helmets were

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The royal burial site at Sutton Hoo, a few miles from the Suffolk coast, East England, is the most famous of all Anglo-Saxon

AncientPages.com - A very rare whetstone - a tiny piece of polished slate from the medieval deposits, dating c 1050-1500 - has been unearthed by archaeologist from the Norwegian

Ellen Lloyd  - AncientPages.com - Ancient sacred texts, precious artifacts, archaeological discoveries, myths, and legends open a window to the past. Sometimes ancient stories may seem to be

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - About 6,000-10,000 years ago, an interesting mutation resulted in the emergence of blue eyes. Before that, all people on Earth had brown eyes.

AncientPages.com - On September 9, 999 or 1000, the Battle of Svolder was fought in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance of

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors. They were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by