TOKYO >> Hills of white scallop shells were piling up in Yubetsu, a town facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido. They looked like out-of-season snow mounds. The shells blanketed every free space on a ...
A recent archaeological discovery in Norway has left experts both intrigued and puzzled. A Viking Age grave, found in Trøndelag County by metal detectorist Roy Søreng, contained the skeleton of a ...
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A metal detectorist has discovered a strange Viking Age grave in Norway with scallop shells covering the mouth of the skeleton, raising questions about its symbolism. Archaeologists are perplexed ...
The discovery of a Viking-age burial in Trøndelag, Norway, has presented archaeologists with a historical mystery. The astonishingly well-preserved grave yielded a woman who was buried with scallop ...
One example of Gillian's mussel shell earrings. Tipperary-based jewellery designer Gillian Gubbins sits down with Tipperary ...
Metal detectorist Roy Søreng was scouring a field in Norway when he stumbled upon an oval-shaped metal brooch. When archaeologists arrived to investigate, they made an even bigger discovery: the ...
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A Viking woman with scallop shells over her mouth. Credit: Raymond Sauvage, NTNU Science Museum Archaeologists in central Norway have uncovered a mysterious Viking burial that has left researchers ...
Roy Søreng, a local metal detectorist, found a Viking Age brooch in Norwegian soil. When he called archaeologists to the site, they found much more than what they were expecting. The archaeologists ...
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