What's New in History - Bernie and Thomas together in Stockholm talk about a 1,000 year old whale trap found in Norway

For once, Bernie and Thomas aren't separated by an ocean—they're sitting together in Sweden!

And appropriately enough, we're staying in Scandinavia for a fascinating new archaeological discovery beneath the waters of western Norway.

Archaeologists have discovered a massive man-made stone structure stretching across the bottom of a narrow strait. What is it? It's the remains of a roughly 1,000-year-old system designed to trap whales inside a bay.

Bernie and Thomas explore the discovery, the remarkable medieval hunting methods described in historical sources, and that archaeologists have finally found physical evidence for a practice that until now was known largely from old texts.

It's underwater archaeology, medieval Norway, ancient law—and a whale trap big enough to reshape an entire strait.

Link to article

https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/

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