It brings together traces of Celtic art, Viking traditions and Romanesque spatial structures ... staat symbool voor de houten gebouwen van het vroege Noord-Europa. Urnes Stave Church is situated on a ...

"Norway and the Nordic countries have a pagan heritage to be somewhat proud of. A heritage that few have been aware of," says ...

In Norway, a Viking woman's grave found at Skei contained ... The excavation began under the 12th-century church. Here the team found a large number of burials - not unusual in a church from ...

Last year, metal detectorists in Norway stumbled upon a coin and a brooch at a former farm on the country’s west coast. At the time, it was assumed these relics hailed from the Viking Age ...

In countries like Norway, Viking homes were usually built from wood. They had thick walls made from wood and mud and the roofs were layered with thick turfs of grass or thatched with branches and ...

On a rocky island off the coast of Norway, metal detectorists stumbled on some ancient jewelry and led archaeologists to a forgotten Viking burial ground. The “small treasure trove” included a ...

Travel back in time and learn about Norway's rich heritage, including Vikings and the Sami. A lot is known about what Viking life was like a thousand years ago, and you can experience a little of ...

Last year, the discovery of an ax head on a mountaintop overlooking Norway’s Trondheim Fjord led archaeologists to a tenth-century Viking grave. Though they found no remains, the team recovered ...