Sweden Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It’s been a hard and sad year for many, but it doesn’t mean we should break with old traditions, and nothing can stop the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The large stone cairn known as Bredarör (sometimes called the King's Grave), located outside Kivik in Scania (Skåne), served as a quarry for local residents

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Every year on June 21, a global community comes together to celebrate the summer solstice. These vibrant and enchanting festivals, deeply rooted in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Äskekärrskeppet, also known as the "Äskekärr Ship," is unique in many ways. It is currently displayed at the Gothenburg Museum in Sweden

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeological evidence suggests that numerous ancient civilizations practiced artificial cranial modifications. While it is established that Vikings did undergo permanent body modifications, such

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Since the early Holocene period, people in northern Europe have enjoyed hazelnuts, a powerful and easy-to-obtain energy source. Now, archaeologists can recreate ancient

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

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Österödskvinnan (Österöd woman) lived 10,000 years ago in Sweden. Her skeleton, the oldest ever found in Sweden, is now, for the first

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin of the University of Gothenburg has studied what might be Europe's oldest

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -  A man digging in his garden was more than surprised when he discovered a skeleton. A human jawbone with several teeth left turned

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many fascinating archaeological findings have been made in Sweden, but when it comes to petroglyphs, this is one of the biggest discoveries in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many have never heard of Viking Botvid, but his story is remarkable, and his legacy is still alive in Sweden. Botvid was born

 A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Megalithic graves appeared more or less simultaneously in southern Sweden and were first used around 3500–3300 cal BC. Image credit: Jorchr - CC BY-SA

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enigmatic Ales Stenar (in English, Ale's Stones) are located high on the ridge above the old-fashioned fishing village of Kåseberga near Ystad, Sweden. Ales stones,

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - About 1,000 years ago, legendary King Harald Bluetooth built several impressive Viking fortresses. Today, there is not much left of these once powerful

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 1000-year-old silver hoard containing several beautiful torque-style neck rings, arm rings, and coins has been discovered in Viggbyholm, Täby, outside Stockholm. “This

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Marine archaeologists from Vrak - Museum of Wreck have found the wreck of the naval vessel Äpplet, Vasa's sister ship. The ship was

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New excavations in Uppåkra, Sweden are at the forefront of cutting edge archaeological techniques. By combining big data, data modeling and DNA sequencing,

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New excavations have coaxed more secrets from Gribshunden, the flagship of the Danish-Norwegian King Hans which mysteriously sank in 1495 off the coast

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent