One woman was buried in natural crevice in the rock, covered with stones (common for Viking burials). Grave contained costume jewelry and brooches. Other grave saw stones placed in a boat shape.

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

A stunning archaeological discovery in Norway sheds light on the status and influence of women during the Viking Age. The site, containing valuable artifacts and symbolic elements, offers insights ...

Søren Diinhoff / University Museum of Bergen Archaeologists have unearthed coins, jewelry and stones from graves in Norway that likely belonged to high-status Viking women, reports Science ...

Despite each grave’s wealth of jewelry and personal belongings, none contain any bones from the Viking women themselves. One possible reason has to do with the environmental conditions of Skumsnes.

belonged to a woman and sat in “a natural crack in the mountain,” Diinhoff said. A photo shows the Viking grave. Although looted previously, archaeologists still found part of a Norse brooch ...

The Viking graves were found at Skumsnes farm ... off and brought back to Norway where it eventually ended up as a woman's brooch." Mostly fragments were found in the first grave because the ...