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  • ARCHAEOLOGY

    DIGS & DISCOVERIES

    Aug 10, 2021 3 minutes
    —DANIEL WEISS

    VIKING FANTASY ISLAND

    n the southern coast of the small Danish island of Hjarnø, just east of the mainland, lies a curious collection of stones arranged to form the outlines of boats. More than 1,000 such monuments, called ship settings, which often include burials, have been found throughout the Baltic region. Some of the oldest examples, dating to as early as 1300 B.C., are located in southern Sweden. Based

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