Unexpected Discovery Of Viking Trading Place In Norway Re-Writes History

Imports from the Viking Age: To the left: Eastern origin. To the right: Weights with an inscription from the British Isles (probably Ireland). Credit: Julie Holme Damman, The Arctic University Museum of Norway and Tor-Ketil Krokmyrdal.

Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Viking Age history will know the Vikings were excellent craftsmen and merchants who established successful relationships and traded with people from various countries.

Trade was a flourishing activity for the Vikings and they had several trading outposts in Scandinavia like for example, Hedeby that was a prestigious trading center and one of the largest Baltic Sea ports during the Viking Age.

This means we shouldn’t be surprised Tor-Kjetil Krokmyrdal from the Arctic University of Norway who is an archaeology student has discovered yet another Viking trade center, but this finding is of particular interest because it has the potential to re-write ancient history.

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