Recently, a archaeological discovery in a quiet village in the interior of Norway has caught the attention of the scientific world.
Located in Sem, a village full of stories and mysteries, researchers found the remains of a immense Viking house, whose dimensions exceed those of any other Viking Age building yet discovered in the country.
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These excavations began with the summer in the Northern Hemisphere (equivalent to our coldest season, winter), after many years of suspicions about such a construction, raised by a expeditionarchaeological survey carried out in 2014.
The person responsible for the excavation, Christian Løchsen Rødsrud, in an interview with the portal Science Norway, revealed details of what was discovered: a series of posts that formed the foundation of the house, which, according to initial studies, it was at least 45 meters wide and 9 meters high – big enough to house two courts of tennis.
(Source: Science Norway/Reproduction)
Still according to Rødsrud, the house found in Sem had a structure that was different from the others of that era, with walls that supported the roof – something unusual in buildingsof that period.
There were also other posts scattered near the walls, hinting that they might have been used to support the roof or form side walkways.
(Source: Science Norway/Reproduction)
The exact dating of the house is still a mystery. Although researchers believe it belongs to the Viking Age, built between 800 and 1600 AD. C., there are indications that it may be even older.
The presence of pottery fragments, typical of the early Iron Age (500 a. W. at 800 d. C,), raises such suspicion. However, further studies are still needed to confirm this hypothesis.
Evidence suggests that the region where the house was built was probably inhabited by members of the Viking royalty. Previous excavations have uncovered coins, jewelry and other artifacts associated with King Christian IV of Denmark, who ruled from 1588 to 1648.
Furthermore, the existence of kitchen pits in nearby smaller houses indicates that large festivities were held in the area, probably with the presence of royalty and with important political decisions being sockets.
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