Oddbjørn Holum Heiland was digging in his yard to prepare for a home extension when he accidentally unearthed a ninth-century Viking burial site rife with artifacts.Joakim Wintervoll/Science NorwayAnne and Oddbjørn Holum Heiland with the Viking sword that they found on their property.
A man in Setesdal, Norway recently unearthed an 1,100-year-old Viking warrior’s grave while digging in his yard to build an extension on his home.
“I wasn’t going to dig a lot, just a little bit in the slope behind the house, to get some more space between the house and the land,” Oddbjørn Holum Heiland told Science Norway. Read More...
Ever since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, thousands of 9/11 first responders have fallen victim to cancer and other terminal illnesses.BETH A. KEISER/AFP/Getty Images9/11 first responders search through the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 13, 2001.
On September 11, 2001, American life changed forever. Nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four U.S. passenger planes and launched attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. As the disaster unfolded, thousands of 9/11 first responders rushed to help the survivors. Read More...
Between 1830 and 1850, the U.S. government forced the Cherokee, the Choctaw, and other tribes off their ancestral lands with deadly force in what's become known as the Trail of Tears.Throughout the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson ordered the forced removal of tens of thousands of Native Americans from their homelands east of the Mississippi River. This perilous journey to designated lands in the west, known as the Trail of Tears, was fraught with harsh winters, disease, and cruelty. Read More...
