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The Oseberg ship from around A.D. 800 is one of the most well preserved Viking ships from the period.

Elaborate Viking ship burial may have held a king or queen

By Stephanie Pappas published

Archaeologists have uncovered a 62-foot-long (19 meters) Viking ship that dates back more than 1,000 years and likely held remains of a king or queen.

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Ground-penetrating radar map of the ship burial from two depth ranges below the ground's surface: 0.3 to 0.5 meters (left) and 0.9 to 1.1 meters (right).

Viking ship in Norway buried near cult temple, feast hall and funeral mounds

By Mindy Weisberger published

Archaeologists located the buried Viking ship and ritual center in Norway with ground-penetrating radar.

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Researchers sequenced the DNA from more than 400 Viking remains including from this female skeleton named Kata discovered in a Viking burial site in Varnhem, Sweden.

Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 400 skeletons to understand who the Vikings really were.

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Archaeologist Astrid Kviseth is the first person to lift this Viking sword in about 1,100 years. It was buried with a warrior who lived in what is now Trøndelag, Norway.

Viking sword placed on warrior's left side likely prepared him for 'mirror afterlife'

By Laura Geggel published

It's possible the Vikings thought the afterlife was a mirrored version of the real world.

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The oldest of the two Viking longhouses at Stöð dates from around A.D. 800, several decades before the commonly accepted date of the settlement of Iceland in A.D. 874.

Oldest Viking settlement possibly unearthed in Iceland

By Tom Metcalfe published

Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest Viking settlement in Iceland.

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Mitten found at Lendbreen, made from different pieces of woven fabric. Radiocarbon-dated to the ninth century.

Viking 'treasure' of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail

By Mindy Weisberger published

Melting ice revealed a long-lost trail in Norway that was strewn with objects dating to the Viking Age.

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A radar scan revealed the Viking ship buried underground.

Fungus is destroying a buried Viking ship. Here's how Norway plans to save it.

By Laura Geggel published

Archaeologists in Norway are racing to save a buried Viking ship from fungus.

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Archaeologists and volunteers are working to preserve human bones exposed by recent storms in an ancient cemetery above a beach on the Orkney Islands.

Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery

By Tom Metcalfe published

Powerful storms on Scotland's Orkney Islands exposed ancient human remains in a Pictish and Viking cemetery.

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Lindisfarne castle seen from the rugged coast below it.

Lindisfarne: The 'Holy Island' where Vikings spilled the 'blood of saints'

By Owen Jarus published

Reference article: Facts about Lindisfarne.

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The remains of a Viking ship that was between 16-17 meters (52 feet to 56 feet) long were found near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla in Norway.

Radar Uncovers Viking Ship Buried on Norway Farm

By Owen Jarus published

The remains of a Viking ship have been discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla, in Norway.

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