Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder ... Board The rare armband is at least about 1,000 years old and probably survived because of the surrounding wetland and its low ...

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.

Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.

The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible ... a passerby discovered a rare Viking armband in a wetland. This iron artifact, shaped like a “C” with animal head ends, is one of only three such ...