Borgring: 1000-year-old Viking fortress uncovered in Denmark In Borgring, Denmark, archaeologists have uncovered a nearly circular Danish ring fortress, dating from 975-980. It is believed that the fortress was built during the reign of Harald Bluetooth – the Danish king, who also was credited with the country’s first unification. In Denmark the Borgring Fortress was …

Bronze Age Fashion – The “Egtved Girl” Showed Remarkably Modern Taste The well-preserved Egtved Girl was one of the most well-known burials of the Danish Bronze Age found in 1921. Her woolen clothing, hair, and nails were perfectly preserved, but all her bones were missing. Scientists who studied the remains of the ancient teenager and discovered …

Stone Age “chewing gum” yields 5,700-year-old human genome and oral microbiome Experts of the University of Copenhagen have been able to extract a complete human genome from a “chewing gum” which is thousands of years old. It’s a new untapped source of ancient DNA, according to the researchers Archaeologists found a “chewing gum” type of …

1,000-year-old Viking toilet uncovered in Denmark Did you ever wonder where the Vikings went for Toilet? Or perhaps you didn’t really think about it. We don’t always think about how it used to be with the world’s luxury today, especially a thousand years ago. A 1000-year-old toilet dating back to the Viking age was found …

Radar Reveals an Ancient Artifacts & Treasure in Scandinavia’s First Viking City Archaeologist have been busy excavating beneath the streets of Ribe, the first Viking city ever established in Scandinavia, and have found a treasure trove of ancient artifacts. Ribe, which can be discovered in west Denmark, is the subject of important new research that …

Lost medieval village discovered in Denmark Traces of three courtyards surrounded by a ditch marks out an area, which archaeologists have interpreted as the center of a village dating back to the Middle Ages in Tollerup, East Denmark. Historical sources suggest that the farms belonged to the village rulers. A cellar in the largest farm …