An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary ...

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an ...

The author and shepherd is closely associated with England’s Lake District but in recent years has lost his heart to the remote Vega archipelago ...

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct who he was.

One text from the collection is called Sverris Saga and tells the history of king Sverre Sigurdsson who lived from 1151 to ...

Genetic analysis has confirmed a detail of an important Norse saga, telling us more about someone dubbed the "Well-man".

The studies confirm the ancient texts and give insight into how people were traveling across ... to be sequenced of a specific person from an Old Norse saga, and that it provides insight into ...

Skeleton Unearthed in Norwegian Castle Well Unveils Mysteries of 800-Year-Old Ancient Text, ‘Sverris Saga' The 800-year-old ...

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway is continuing her sick leave, the Royal House of Norway says. All about Crown Princess ...

The 800-year-old Sverris saga ... The results showed that Well-man was closely related to people in southern Norway. King Sverre’s defeated army came from parts of central Norway, while the ...

Three years on from his departure, Solskjaer has no intention of returning to the dugout, despite various offers. Instead, he ...