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Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)In 1913, Swedish professor Gabriel Gustafson proposed a specific building to house Viking Age finds. These artifacts had been discovered at the end of the…
Sagnlandet LejreHans-Ole Hansen stood at the edge of Zealand in 1964 to launch a new kind of museum. He was an ethnologist who believed that history could be understood…
Ladby shipOn the 28th of February 1935, a pharmacist named Poul Helweg Mikkelsen stumbled upon an ancient burial site near Kerteminde in northeastern Fyn.
Lindholm HøjeThe northern ridge of Lindholm Høje rises above the city of Aalborg in Denmark. This high ground dates back to the 5th century AD during the Nordic Iron Age.
Lofotr Viking MuseumIn 1983, archaeologists uncovered the Chieftain House at Borg on the island of Vestvågøya. This large Viking Age building was believed to have been…
Foteviken MuseumThe waters of Foteviken Bay held secrets for centuries before anyone tried to tell their story. Archaeologists discovered sunken Viking ships in this…
Jorvik Viking CentreIn 1976, the York Archaeological Trust began digging at a site called Coppergate in York. Peter Addyman had founded this charity just four years earlier to…
BirkaIn the year 750, a trading port emerged on Björkö, an island in Lake Mälaren thirty kilometers west of modern Stockholm.
L'Anse aux MeadowsThe northernmost tip of Newfoundland holds a quiet cove known as L'Anse aux Meadows. This French-English name translates to Grassland Bay or the bay with…
Jelling stonesKing Gorm the Old raised a massive carved runestone in memory of his wife Thyra. This older stone stands at the town of Jelling in Denmark from the 10th…
National Museum of DenmarkThe National Museum of Denmark opened its doors in 1825 within the heart of Copenhagen. Christian Jürgensen Thomsen served as the first director from that…