Viking Burials Surveyed on Danish Island
Viking Burials Surveyed on Danish Island According to a statement released by Flinders University, a team of researchers from Flinders University and WesSєx Archaeology surveyed Kalvestene, a Viking burial site on the Danish island of Hjarnø, and compared their findings with a map made in the seventeenth century by the antiquarian Ole Worm. As part …
Archaeologists Discover Unique Ceremonial Bronze Age Sword in Denmark
Archaeologists Discover “Unique” Ceremonial Bronze Age Sword in Denmark In the village of Håre on the Danish island of Funen, archaeologists uncovered a rare Bronze Age ritual sword. The sword dates from Phase IV of the Bronze Age, about 3,000 years ago, making it an incredibly rare discovery. What makes it much more impressive is …
Oldest Viking Crucifix Uncovered In Denmark
Oldest Viking Crucifix Uncovered In Denmark The tiny gold items, created in the picture of Christ on the cross, are thought to make up Denmark’s oldest crucifix. This newly Found crucifix will show that Danes adopted the Christian faith earlier than previously thought. An uncommon Viking crucifix pendant was Found in a Danish field by an amateur metal detectorist two weeks …
120,000-Year-old Neanderthal Artifacts Unearthed in Denmark
120,000-Year-old Neanderthal Artifacts Unearthed in Denmark Ancient flint tools in the hills of a Danish island gave an indication that 120,000 years ago Neanderthals may have been living there. The first humans in Denmark have been thought to be reindeer hunters from 14,000 years ago. The slopes of Isefjord’s Ejby Klint between Roskilde and Holbæk …
Viking Grave in Denmark Holds Remains of Mother and Son
Viking Grave in Denmark Holds Remains of Mother and Son The Copenhagen Post reports that researchers at the Roskilde Museum have analyzed DNA samples from the remains of a man and woman discovered in a 1,000-year-old burial known as the Gerdrup Grave, and determined that the pair were mother and son. The grave contains the …
Archaeologist Discovered Grauballe man, a preserved bog body from the 3rd century B.C
Archaeologist Discovered Grauballe man, a preserved bog body from the 3rd century B.C Two years after the discovery of the Tollund man, another bog body was found on the 26 of April 1952, by local peat cutters in the nearby bog, Nebelgard Fen, situated near the town of Grauballe, Denmark. Around the time of Grauballe man’s discovery, …
A 13 Year old just Discovered 1,000-year-old silver treasure hoard in Denmark
A 13 Year old just Discovered 1,000-year-old silver treasure hoard in Denmark When someone asked what the coolest thing you accomplished as a newly minted teenager, most people would probably have to confess something like “successfully pulled off a kickflip” or “puberty.” But not Luca Malaschnitschenko, who at age 13, recently found a cache of …
Missing for 400 years: Archaeologists discover missing 17th-century warship
Missing for 400 years: Archaeologists discover missing 17th-century warship The Copenhagen Post reports that the wreckage of the Delmenhorst, one of the first ships constructed from drawings, was found some 500 feet off the coast of Denmark during offshore construction work. The warship, konow almost completely buried in the seabed, was grounded in 1644 during the Battle …
A well-preserved 400-year old ship has been found in the Baltic Sea
A well-preserved 400-year old ship has been found in the Baltic Sea Although the company reported wrecks of some so-called 1st or 2nd World War wrecks at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland, Badewanne divers descended on one of the biggest surprises during their long career of diving the wrecks of this eastern extension of …
Archaeologists discover giant defensive minefield from the roman iron age
Archaeologists discover giant defensive minefield from the roman iron age Archaeologists have unearthed a mᴀssive structure in Lolland that is believed to have been used to ward off an attacking army back in the Roman Iron Age. So far, 770 meters of the structure have been detected. In 2013 a team of archaeologists from the Museum …