Playing Piece With Runic Inscription Found In Trondheim

Playing Piece With Runic Inscription Found In Trondheim

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While repairing an old sewer pipe under the road in Erling Skakkes gate 9 in Trondheim, Norway, archaeologists carried out an urgent survey of Medieval layers that would be disturbed by the construction work.  This led to the surprising discovery of a game piece with a runic inscription. The area […]

Lost Viking Village Borgund And Its 45,000 Artifacts Hidden In A Basement Examined By Experts

Lost Viking Village Borgund And Its 45,000 Artifacts Hidden In A Basement Examined By Experts

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1953 while clearing the ground in Borgund on the west coast of Norway strange debris was discovered. Archaeologists came to the site and started excavating. They managed to identify 45,000 objects from the Middle Ages, but this fascinating discovery was quickly forgotten. The ancient items were stored in a […]