Archaeology in Sweden

Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

Hidden in an enchanting ravine, numerous mysterious sandstone grooves hint at ancient pagan rituals.

This Viking Age memorial contains the oldest known image of a Täby resident.

A Viking man's tribute to his brother stands in Gävle's oldest church.

Archaeologists are still unraveling the secrets of the brutal massacre that wiped out this ancient fort.

The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.

The second-largest collection of runic calendar staffs in Sweden.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

This encrypted monolith protected a secret of Norse mythology by hiding in a church wall for over a millennium.

Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.