Remains of mysterious Norse ‘well man’ of lore reveals secrets of medieval biological warfare - Intent to throw dead body ...

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history.

This is the first time that a person described in these historical texts has actually been found,” researchers said.

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to ...

One text from the collection is called Sverris Saga and tells the history of king Sverre Sigurdsson who lived from 1151 to ...

Scientists have connected 800-year-old skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a mysterious figure ...

A passage in the Norse Sverris Saga, the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that ...

the Journal of the Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society, and Dr Brian Scott, known to be well informed on such ...

Long-forgotten settlements in Pamir mountains described as ‘extraordinarily rare’ owing to high altitude and remoteness ...

In the mountains of Uzbekistan, archaeologists aided by laser-based remote-sensing technology have identified two lost cities ...

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an ...