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The Archaeologists is Sweden’s leading consultant on archaeology and cultural environments, with a focus on knowledge building. We have experience from some of Sweden's major excavations like Birka, Motala ström and Tråsättra. It's part of the government agency National Historical Museums (SHM)

A large Viking Age burial ground gives the archaeologists new knowledge

Archaeologists from The National Historical Museums in Sweden should have been excavating a stone age settlement in Halland, but stumbled over a gigantic burial ground from the Viking Age.

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Two unique medieval shipwrecks discovered in Sweden

The remains of two medieval cogs have been discovered in Varberg, on the west coast of Sweden. The wrecks were discovered during an archaeological excavation and date to roughly the 14th century.

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Unique Stone Age ceremonial site discovered in southern Sweden

Remains of a ceremonial site from the Neolithic period are currently being investigated by archaeologists. The site comprises a causewayed enclosure and wetland offerings dating to 3,500-3,000 BC.

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Daily life in the outskirts of Stockholm

During the fall of 2020 an archaeological excavation of houses, gardens and workshops dating from the 16th to the 19th century took place.

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Discovered: Early Christian Churchyard at Vreta Abbey

At least 70 burials, dating from the eleventh century, were discovered. 19 of these were excavated but probably there are several hundred more.

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Phallic standing stone found near Gothenburg

An erect phallic stone was discovered during an archaeological excavation in Rollsbo. It probably dates to Bronze Age and was used in fertility rituals.

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New excavations in Carl von Linné’s garden in Uppsala

We conducted new archaeological excavations at the site where Sweden’s first botanical garden once lay. Here Olof Rudbeck and Carl von Linné, two of Sweden’s most famous scholars, lived and worked.