8-year-old girl finds a 1,500-year-old sword in a Swedish lake
A 1,500-year old sword in a lake found by an eight-year-old girl – no, this is not an excerpt from a fantasy novel. This time…
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700-year old Venetian gold coin found in the Swedish ‘lost city’ of Elleholm
The Republic of Venice (also known the the Venetian Empire) rose from its humble beginnings in the late 7th century AD – initially founded by…
New evidence suggests how the Norsemen produced beer at least since the Iron Age
In what turned out to be one of the earliest pieces of evidence of beer-making in Sweden, researchers at the Lund University were able to…
3,600-year old Cypriot copper-made axes found in Bronze Age Sweden
The archaeological world went into frenzy when researchers came across a medieval Viking grave ring inscribed with the word ‘Allah’. This odd affair probably alluded…
Swedish island associated with witchcraft reveals evidences of Stone Age rituals
Situated in the Kalmar Strait, off the mainland of Sweden, the very geological nature of the Blå Jungfrun island (Blå Jungfrun roughly translates to ‘blue…
