This Skeleton Is The First Person Ever Found From a Norse Saga So declares the 800-year-old Norse Sverris Saga, an accounting of the rise and reign of King Sverre Sigurdsson, who went on to rule Norway from 1184 until his death in 1202 CE. 10/28/2024 - 4:27 am | View Link
Remains of mysterious Norse ‘well man’ of lore reveals secrets of medieval biological warfare Archaeologists have reconstructed the skeleton and DNA of the Norse “well man” of lore whose remains were thrown into a well, likely to poison a castle’s main water source during a military raid.The ... 10/27/2024 - 6:50 pm | View Link
Centuries-old remains found in a well may be man from Norse saga An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well. 10/26/2024 - 1:09 am | View Link
Mystery of human bones found in castle well is finally solved as DNA matches skeleton with 800-year-old saga figure SCIENTISTS have finally solved the 800-year-old mystery surrounding a “Well-man” from an ancient Norse saga. Years have been spent performing DNA analysis on human bones found in a ... 10/25/2024 - 10:58 pm | View Link
Skeletal remains found in castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga, say scientists Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text. The 800-year-old Sverris saga, which follows the ... 10/25/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link