Almost one thousand years after the end of the Viking Age, Norwegian archaeologists have made a sensational find near Halden in the south-east of Norway. The farmer is now being paid compensation for the lost land to allow archaeologists further time to analyze the site. The discoveries were made by the archaeologists Lars Gustavsen and Erich Nau from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU). Once the NIKU team have finished the analysis and any subsequent fieldwork, the decision will be taken by the project team at Østfold county council and the Directorate for Cultural Heritage. This isn’t the only recent find of significance that NIKU archaeologists have been involved with.

Source: Forbes February 16, 2019 15:56 UTC