3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Rock Carvings Discovered in Norway

3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Rock Carvings Discovered in Norway

North Kolsåstoppen. Credit: Setertjern Nordre Kolsåstoppen / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 A discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a forested hill in eastern Norway, is drawing new attention to rock carvings created more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age. The find came unexpectedly. Experienced rock-carving hunter Tormod Fjeld was driving his daughter through the area when he noticed faint markings on an exposed rock surface. A closer look…

Mystery Under the Moss: 3,000-Year-Old Rock Carvings Discovered in Norway

Prehistoric Rock Carvings Discovered Beneath Kolsåstoppen in Eastern NorwayA recent discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a hill in Bærum, Eastern Norway, has drawn new attention to Norway’s prehistoric rock carvings and the people who created them more than 3,000 years ago.According to Science Norway, the carvings were found unexpectedly by experienced rock carving hunter Tormod Fjeld while he was driving his daughter to a nearby location. A brief gl…

3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Rock Carvings Discovered Beneath a Hill in Norway

A newly identified cluster of Bronze Age rock carvings beneath a hill in eastern Norway reveals ships, human figures