February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Archeologist":
Science & Technology: 20 Dec 11
Archaeologists have uncovered five shipwrecks dating from the 1500s to the 1700s found in connection with renovation of a quay outside the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm.
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Science & Technology: 19 Sep 11
Several human skulls found mounted on wooden stakes have been uncovered from a Stone Age lake bed in central Sweden in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind anywhere in the world.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 11
One of Sweden's most well-known treasures is celebrating a special anniversary Sunday – it is 50 years since the 17th century Vasa ship was salvaged from the depths of the Baltic.
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Science & Technology: 20 Mar 09
Researchers from Uppsala University have helped reveal that an old collection of fossils sitting in storage in the United States actually belong to a massive prehistoric predator previously unknown to archeologists.
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Society: 12 Sep 08
Six grave sites dated from late in the Viking era have been uncovered in Lännäs outside of Örebro in central Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 08
Amateur archeologists digging near Skrea hill outside Falkenberg have unearthed a unique artifact.
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Society: 4 Jun 08
Visitors to Stockholm will someday be able to take a virtual ride with a boatload of marauding Vikings if the head of the Museum of National Antiquities (not pictured) has his way.
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National: 25 Oct 07
Previously undiscovered medieval buildings have been found outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm, leading historians to recast their previous understanding of how the Stockholm of the late middle ages looked.
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Society: 15 May 07
'Like a Swede at Poltava' is a term used in Russian to mean 'totally helpless'. But what caused Sweden's historic defeat in the 1709 battle?
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National: 11 Apr 07
The first day of excavations at a set of burial mounds outside Linköping led to the discovery of a rare sixth century object used in the manufacture of small gold figures.
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National: 16 Apr 05
A group of archeologists from Stockholm University discovers a Stone Age settlement under the ruins of Pompei, suggesting the Romans weren't the only ones to suffer the wrath of Vesuvius.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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