The stone tells a dramatic story about Scandinavian explorers in Minnesota. The translated message states: “8 Goths [Swedes] ...

The paper argues that the third principle of thermodynamics follows from the second principle, rather than being a separate or independent concept. Professor José María Martín-Olalla of the University ...

In the remote wilderness of Ontario, a small stone etched with strange symbols has sparked renewed debate among historians ...

Norse Atlantic Airways was awarded the Best Low-Cost Airline ... Doing the long flight with my five-year-old son, it was worth every penny. He slept nearly the whole way from from 10pm to 7am, while I ...

Although these words are regional and haven’t made their way into the standard English spoken by millions of people worldwide, they have a place of permanence in the former Norse territory because of ...

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Archaeologists finally solve 800-year-old Norse mystery of 'Well-man' and there's a twist The latest research not only unveils the true appearance of Well-man but also unravels his identity ...

Radiocarbon dating revealed that the bones are about 900 years old. “To me, he looked as if he had been severely injured prior to being tossed in the well,” Petersén tells the Times.

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an 800-year-old Norse saga.

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an 800-year-old Norse saga.