Who built Scandinavia's oldest wooden plank boat? An ancient fingerprint offers clues.

Who built Scandinavia's oldest wooden plank boat? An ancient fingerprint offers clues.

Archeologists are closer to solving the Hjortspring Boat's mysteries.

Fingerprint of ancient seafarer

The fingerprint found in the tars provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago. The post Fingerprint of ancient seafarer appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.

Fingerprint of ancient seafarer found on Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat

Lund University—In the 4th century BC, an armada of boats attacked the island of Als off the coast of Denmark. Traveling in up to four boats, the unknown attackers were defeated, with the defenders sinking the weapons of their foes into the bog in one of the boats, most likely to give thanks for their... Read more »