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A passage in the Norse "Sverris Saga," the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that occurred in AD 1197, during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg ...

Remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga were found in a castle, researchers say. For 800 years he was the stuff of Norse legend. Now scientists say skeletal remains found in a well ...

While many of the Norse sagas derive from oral traditions and older lost manuscripts, the Sverris story appears to have been written in tandem with the events described within it — by someone close to ...

Radiocarbon dating has confirmed the age of the skeleton thought to be linked to Nordic mythology Sarah has previously been named Science Journalist of the Year and was Highly Commended at the Society ...

(CNN) — Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a centuries-old Norse text. The 800-year-old Sverris saga, which ...

For 800 years he was the stuff of Norse legend. Now scientists say skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle belong to the mysterious figure mentioned in a medieval saga. The new ...