An archaeogenetic study, published in Science Advances, sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain
A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring, provides fresh insights into the Viking Age monetary system
What did people eat in Mesolithic Scandinavia? A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that deer, trout and hazelnuts were on the diet
2,000 years of genetic history in Scandinavia elucidates Viking age to modern day; a new study reported in the journal Cell
Archaeologists located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren: “A site like this has never been found before”
The Rök runestone, erected in Östergötland around 800 CE, is the world’s most famous runestone from the Viking Age, but has also proven to be one of the most difficult to interpret
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made from birch bark pitch
A new study, published in PNAS, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalith tombs on Ireland and in Sweden
