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Rare Grave Unearthed in Norway: A Woman Buried With Scallop Shells on Her Mouth

Roy Søreng, a local metal detectorist, found a Viking Age brooch in Norwegian soil. When he called archaeologists to the site ...
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Viking Woman Found with Scallop Shells on Her Mouth Puzzles Experts

A Viking woman found in Norway with scallop shells over her mouth leaves experts puzzled about the meaning behind this burial ...
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Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified

A ninth-century grave discovered in Norway held the remains of a Viking Age woman whose mouth was covered with two large scallop shells.
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Scallop Shells Bizarrely Guard Viking Woman's Mouth

Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...
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A Norwegian Family Went Searching for a Lost Earring in Their Backyard. They Found Viking Artifacts Instead

A Norwegian family that ventured into their garden in search of a lost gold earring stumbled instead upon a pair of Viking-era brooches. The Aasviks, who live on the southern Norwegian island of ...
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Archaeologists found Viking skeletons over 1,000 years old buried with a crystal and other treasures. They're improving our understanding of how wealthy Vikings once lived.

Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these trade routes and its proximity to the sea. Near the village of Åsum in ...
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50 well-preserved Viking Age skeletons unearthed in Denmark

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AASUM, Denmark (AP) — In a village in ...