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…

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