Melting ice in Norway has unveiled a remarkable collection of Viking artifacts. Due to the melting ice, these discoveries provide insight into the lives of Vikings who traversed these icy landscapes.

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"This is a rare example of finding runic fragments in well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts,” Steinar Solheim, another author of the study, said. “It is of great importance for ...

Vikings did not wear much armour. Some chieftains wore mail coats, made of thousands of metal rings but most relied on a round wooden shield for protection since these were very expensive.

The Vikings built fast ‘dragon-ships’ and ‘long ships’ for raiding and war. They also had slower passenger and cargo ships called ‘knorrs’. They built smaller boats too ...

"Ice cores are found in regions where snow and ice have accumulated over long periods. This could be glaciers in tall mountains, the Arctic, or Antarctic. It must be a place where the ice never melts, ...

When a farmer saw the pile of stones that would become Sør-Fron Church, he reportedly wondered if the church was not supposed to be hollow. That was how large the pile needed to be to build that ...