Archaeology discoveries, analysis, and news.
A study analysed ca. 300 ancient human genomes from Scandinavia spanning 2,000 years, revealing influences from the Eastern Baltic and the British Isles over the Scandinavian Viking Age DNA.
On 17 January 2023, professor Kristel Zilmer (University of Oslo) reported the discovery of the oldest runestone unearthed in Scandinavia, dating from ca.1-250 AD.
Until now, it was believed that runes started to be carved in stone in Scandinavia only during the IVth century AD.
This article contains additional pictures and videos (used in the live presentation on 12th August 2022) to the official article, published as: Mucenieks, Andris. Relationship and Exchange Between the Northern Elites in the Viking and Medieval Baltic Area: The case…
Birka was established in the 8th century on Björkö, located in Lake Malaren, Sweden. Archaeological research (...) revealed (...) the location was used as a shipyard.
Theodoric “the Great” was king of the Ostrogoths between AD 471 to 526. Considered by some as the Western Emperor as per the facts on the ground, he ruled the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy from AD 493 to 526. Theodoric…
