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Remains of Viking Harbor Complex Found


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Archaeologists in western Norway found the remains of a harbor complex built by the Vikings 1,000 years ago - the first of its kind discovered in the country.

 

The ancient harbor complex at Faanestangen, near the west coast city of Trondheim and some 250 miles north of Oslo, was discovered when a local landowner started work on a small boat dock on the same spot selected by his ancestors a millennium earlier. ``This is very special,'' district archaeologist Lars Forseth said Friday. ``Archaeologically, it is a sensation.''

 

full article at the Guardian

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