Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests – experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield
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Viking-era sword hilt found near grave of 'Gausel Queen' by amateur detectives – only twenty similar swords of this type have been found in Norway
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Modern analysis of a 1,000-year-old grave in Finland challenges long-held beliefs about gender roles in ancient societies
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The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there
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This month Norwegian archaeologists hope to complete their excavation of a rare, buried longship at Gjellestad, an ancient site south-east of Oslo
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Two Vikings from the same family are to be 'reunited' – DNA evidence has linked the skeleton from Oxford with another skeleton excavated in Denmark
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Archaeologists discover paintings of goddess in 3,000-year-old mummy's coffin
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Researchers used skeletal remains and ancient DNA to reconstruct the burial of a woman who lived in what is now southern Sweden 7,000 years ago
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A bronze cauldron dating back to the Roman Age has been unearthed in a burial cairn in central Norway
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Funerals of the future? – Sweden sees sharp rise in burials without ceremony
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Sweden to return remains of twenty-five Sámi people after more than half a century – historic event aimed at mending ties with the community
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Female warrior long assumed to be a Viking may actually be a Slavic warrior woman who migrated to Denmark from present-day Poland
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Swedish authorities have announced the first Viking boat grave discoveries in the country in more than fifty years
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Untouched 4,400-year-old tomb discovered at Saqqara, Egypt
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A fate worse than slavery, unearthed in Sugar Land
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In need of cadavers, 19th-century medical students raided Baltimore’s graves
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