(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 ...

Around 900 years ago in the modern-day city of Trondheim, Norway, a castle siege left a mysterious dead man at the bottom of a well. Louis Droege via Unsplash In cultures around the world, stories of ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have connected the identity of skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a passage in a ...

Researchers initially uncovered the bones in the castle’s well in 1938, but they were only able to carry out a visual analysis at the time. Now, scientists have an array of analytical techniques at ...