The skeletal remains could help scientists unearth some of the mysteries around Viking DNA, and provide new answers about this centuries-old civilization ... from the Viking age, we are lucky ...

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. While digging to find an ancient ...

It was supposed to be a routine Stone Age settlement excavation to clear a path for a new roundabout and water pipes near Tvååker in southern Sweden. It turned into so much more, as archaeologists ...

They also found brooches, necklace beads, knives, and even a small shard of glass that may have served as an amulet ...

Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more.

The Stone Age ended in Sweden around ... ground to reach towns mentioned in old historical sources, archaeologists said. However, in the centuries since the Vikings used the site, it has been ...