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This size of this longhouse suggests powerful rulers existed in Norway long before the Viking Age
A large house or farm stood there from around 1350, according to lokalhistoriewiki.no (link in Norwegian). In 1602, Christian ...
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Ruins of Viking home likely discovered in Norway near famed battlefield, officials say
Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of a Viking longhouse in Norway near a famed battlefield ... While they could not definitively confirm the house dated to the Viking Age ...
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Viking And Iron Age Mortuary Houses Were Discovered In Norway, And They Were Likely A Way For The Living To Visit The Dead
Between 2019 and 2020, excavations were conducted in central Norway ahead of construction ... between A.D. 500 and A.D. 950 to the Iron and Viking Ages. They were uncovered in the village of ...
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When Frank set out to drain his field, a unique longhouse from before the Viking Age appeared
The landowners of the area where the oldest known longhouse in the Nordic region once stood risk losing fertile soil if ...
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Life in a Viking village
This was very important as the Vikings also often had to travel great distances to trade. In countries like Norway, Viking homes were usually built from wood. They had thick walls made from wood ...