MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating near Varnhem Abbey in Sweden have uncovered several unique skeletons. The bones include remains of two children, a six year old and a one
MessageToEagle.com – An ancient legend tells King Erik died a dramatic death in battle outside the church in Uppsala, Sweden, where he had just celebrated mass. Much of his
MessageToEagle.com – There are about 3,600 known prehistoric grooves on stones scattered throughout the island of Gotland in Sweden. As many as 700 of them are scored directly
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), a great Norwegian artist, is known as the “father” of all trolls. His inspiration came from folktales about wild
MessageToEagle.com – The Suomenlinna fortress is just as impressive as rich in history. Built in 1747 by Sweden on a group of islands located at the entrance of Helsinki’s
MessageToEagle.com – 9,000-year-old fish bones discovered in southern Sweden provides earliest evidence of fermentation for food preservation anywhere in the world. The discovery of the world’s oldest storage of
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east from
MessageToEagle.com – The island of Blue Maiden or Blåkulla, a Swedish island situated in the Kalmar Strait, is a mythical place that for centuries both fascinated and discouraged.
MessageToEagle.com – A strange artifact was found in 1847 in a bog in Balkåkra a village in south of Skåne, near the town Ystad, Sweden. The object suggests some
Question: What is the world’s oldest tree on Earth? Answer: The world’s oldest tree is called Old Tjikko. It is a 9,550 year old Norway Spruce tree, located
MessageToEagle.com – The discovery that won the latest Nobel Prize for Medicine wouldn’t have been much of a revelation to doctors in ancient China. Pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou
MessageToEagle.com – ‘Sea monster’ figurehead salvaged from Baltic Sea wreck A wooden figurehead of a sea monster with ears like a lion and a crocodile’s jaw was carefully
MessageToEagle.com – Elfdalian (in Swedish: Älvdalska) is a very ancient relative of Swedish (maybe even more ‘Swedish’ than it is spoken today). Some call it a dialect but most
MessageToEagle.com – A tiny dragon’s head, one of the most famous symbols of the Vikings, has been discovered during excavations in the harbour at Birka in Lake Mälaren. Birka,
MessageToEagle.com – At first sight, the Birka Ring, an ancient Viking artifact resembles just an old ring. However a closer examination of the ring revealed a surprising discovery, an
MessageToEagle.com – During the excavation of Sandby borg ringfort on the island of Öland, Sweden, a number of macabre finds were made. Skeletal remains from a small child were
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Sweden have made an astounding discovery unearthing 29 ancient figurines of gold men (“guldgubbar”) dating back to the Iron Age. Working in great secrecy, archaeologists
MessageToEagle.com – It looks like something taken straight from a horror movie. An enormous hole leading to hell, some would say. But this is not a movie. This
