An 800-year-old Norse story about a military raid has been verified by analysis of ancient DNA. Sverris Saga is one of the Kings’ sagas – a series of Old Norse tales which tell the lives of Nordic ...

After a couple of hundred years of Viking raids, payments of tens of thousands of pounds of silver in protection ... The cave’s name may be... The History of Drug Use: Ancient Remedies The battle ...

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An 800-year-old Norse saga makes a glancing mention of a dead man tossed in a drinking well after a raid on a castle in Norway, almost as an aside. The poor guy doesn’t even get a name.

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

Archaeologists in Sweden dug up 139 Viking Age graves when excavating a ... one a river and one an old road that once transported iron. With the ground plowed and leveled multiple times to ...

Archaeologists found a Viking cemetery with over 100 graves. Unique stone ship burials reflect ancient Viking customs. Discovery offers new insights into Viking burial practices.

A new study explores how researchers used ancient DNA to corroborate the events of a Norse saga, published in the Cell Press ...

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. While digging to find an ancient ...

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA... Centuries-old remains found in a well may be ...

The world’s oldest alcoholic beverage is making a renaissance, with some of the best brews in Australia being produced in a ...