A medieval monastery complex, long believed to be lost, has now been identified using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in Roskilde, Denmark. The investigations have uncovered extensive and well preserved remains of the St Clare’s Convent from the 13th century, approximately one metre below today’s ground surface.
For centuries, Selja has been known as Norway’s oldest pilgrimage site dedicated to a saint and as an important religious centre during the Middle Ages. Now, investigations have uncovered the remains of yet another previously unknown structure outside the monastery complex.
A new study provides a rare insight into what early modern whaling in the Arctic actually did to the human body.
Hundreds of boat nails discovered during excavations in 2023 have given archaeologists reason to fundamentally rethink the founding and early history of Oslo. What for decades has been interpreted as a medieval fortress beneath the royal estate, may instead be the remains of a Viking Age boat grave, constructed around a hundred years before the city was formally founded.
Mongolian herders work together in herding groups known as Khot ail, a form of cooperation that dates back to the 12th century. Today, this traditional system has gained renewed relevance as herders confront climate change and increasing urbanisation.
Menstruation is mysterious, stigmatised, and rarely mentioned in historical sources. To understand how women handled this bloody challenge in the Middle Ages, we need to look at archaeological material. Archaeologist Sunniva Wilberg Halvorsen has studied sanitary products from a medieval latrine in Tønsberg.
An unknown medieval structure has emerged just meters from Selja Monastery. The find may shed new light on life and activity on the island during the monastic period.
The industrial heritage of Svalbard tells an important story of human activity in the Arctic – and today faces significant conservation challenges.
In the summer of 2023, the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) pinpointed the location of the long-lost medieval town of Hamarkaupangen using grond penetrating radar (GPR). During an ongoing excavation carried out by NIKU and Anno Museum, archaeologists have finally found physical remains of buildings, confirming the geophysical data.
New geo-radar technology has uncovered traces of Karl XII's spectacular overland transport of galleys in 1718. The discovery provides new insight into one of Sweden's most fascinating military operations.
Analyses of the skeleton retrieved from the well at Sverresborg in Trondheim in 2016 shed new light on a dramatic story from King Sverre’s saga. Now, researchers know how old the man was, what he looked like, and where in Norway he was from.
NIKU (with partners) has created an open map service with an overview of projects completed with archaeological geophysics in Norway. Almost 2000 hectares have been studied and 300 project reports are now available through the webpage argin.no.
