Scandinavia Archive
Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Vikings were feared, hated, and admired, and their rich history goes far back in time. Vikings changed the history of Europe, and
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Archaeology
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
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DNA
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the early 1990s, excavations took place at Huseby-Klev, an early Mesolithic hunter-fisher site on the Swedish west coast, where a piece of
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An amazing find has been made in central Norway. While investigating a burial mound at Leka in Trøndelag they made a discovery that
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Archaeology
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
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Petroglyphs and drawings in Gobustan are among the most ancient rock galleries in the world. They show many aspects of everyday life, customs, and
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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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists announced recently they had solved the bog body mystery in Europe. A major study of over 1,000 ancient bog bodies across Scandinavia
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Featured Stories
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists who study the origins and evolution of the plague have examined hundreds of ancient human teeth from Denmark, seeking to address longstanding
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Archaeology
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
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The troll is a fascinating mythological creature, well-known in Scandinavian countries. They were 'nature beings' because encounters with them usually took place in
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Christmas Traditions
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Shortly before Christmas, you can see this little fellow everywhere in Scandinavia. He appears on Christmas cards, in shops, the Christmas tree, outdoors,
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Ancient History Facts
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For the first time ever archaeologists, religious historians, folklorists and literary scholars have worked together and produced a unique book that sheds new
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Featured Stories
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
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - Most are familiar with famous Norse gods such as Odin, Thor, Bragi, Tyr, and Frey, to mention a few. Mysterious artifact with two heads was discovered in Kallestrup, Denmark. Credit: Kirstine
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Linguistic Discoveries
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
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The story of Alwilda sounds more like a fairytale, and truth to be told; it's difficult to determine whether the account is based
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Archaeology
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
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - There is a difference between the terms Visigoths and Ostrogoths. The former word means western Goths and the latter means eastern Goths, but the
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Featured Stories
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
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In his book "Enchantment of the Faerie Realm" Ted Andrews writes: "The forces of nature are often classified according to one of four
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ausevik rock art site at Høydalsfjorden, in Sunnfjord, in Western Norway, contains more than 300 rock carvings of different shapes, of which many
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Archaeology
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
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Völuspá, the first poem in the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda, is one of the most outstanding literary achievements in the
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Artifacts
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
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Frey is one of the most important gods of Norse mythology. Frey and his twin sister Freya are the most famous members of the Vanir
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Artifacts
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
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Archaeology
AncientPage.com - We posses plenty of information about the Vikings, but our knowledge of the first Scandinavians is still limited. Who were the first Scandinavians? Where did they come
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Artifacts
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
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On the edge of the Gobi Desert in China, there is a fascinating group of people who are entirely different from other Chinese.
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you are a book lover, you would appreciate the annual Icelandic Jolabokaflod or the "Christmas Book Flood." The best Christmas gift in Iceland
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Archaeology
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
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
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 made
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Varangian Guard represented the elite heavy infantry regiment of the Roman ('Byzantine') Empire from 988 AD to around 1404 AD. They were Vikings for
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Featured Stories
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
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Viking warriors were expected to master a fight with and without weapons to survive or win a battle. A Viking warrior had to be able
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Civilizations
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.
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This artifact is very peculiar and intriguing. It is a small nail with six faces and six eyes. Can you solve this ancient mystery?
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News
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
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