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Archaeologists have used satellite imagery to identify a site in Newfoundland that could be the first new Viking site discovered in North America in over 50 years. Satellite imagery, magnetometer ...

After L’Anse aux Meadows — the first and so far only confirmed Viking settlement in North America — was discovered in 1960, it has been thought other sites might be found. Since then, archaeologists ...

Archaeologist Sarah Parcak, on the hunt for Viking settlements in North America, turned to satellite imagery to identify potential sites. An exhaustive analysis of images taken from space identified ...

It’s yet to be confirmed this new discovery was indeed a Viking settlement but those who have worked the site say that they are close to determining that is indeed what it was. It was discovered last ...

Vikings – known for their fearsome conquests – first came to North America a thousand years ago, according to historians. Now scientists may be able to shed more light on that history with satellite ...