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A few selections from the 2532 (soon to be 2533) topics of the Norway keyword, sorted:

New discovery of a Viking ship in Norway [04/26/2023]
Medieval Pantry Stocked With Spices Found in 500-Year-Old Shipwreck [02/21/2023]
How One Man Changed Norwegian Law to Brew Beer at the Top of the World [11/03/2022]
Every Viking owned a stone like this - and they traded massive quantities of them too [09/25/2022]
Glacial Archaeologists Find Arrow In Melting Ice [08/21/2022]
Archaeologists discover remains of rare and old ship in Oslo [08/14/2022]
Viking sword discovery reveals new insights into voyages in the North Sea [07/03/2022]
Silver coin featuring famous Viking king unearthed in Hungary [06/21/2022]
Stunningly Well-Preserved Arrows With Feathers Revealed By Melting Ice Sheets In Norway [05/12/2022]
Harald Hardrada: King of Norway, and the Battle of Stamford Bridge [05/09/2022]
We Only Spotted This Asteroid Hours Before It Fell to Earth. Here's Why That's Good [03/15/2022]
Mysterious Stone Spheres Discovered in Ancient Tomb, But What Were They For? [09/16/2021]
Mysterious 'blobs' near Norway are full of squid mucus and embryos, study finds [04/05/2021]
Melting glacier sheds light upon hidden Viking era artifacts in Norway dated back to 300 AD [03/15/2021]
1,200-year-old pagan temple to Thor and Odin unearthed in Norway [10/09/2020]
New Viking DNA research yields unexpected information about who they were [09/16/2020]
Archaeologists have found astonishingly well-preserved gear from a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago [06/28/2020]
Archaeologists Find Roman Iron Age Board Game in Norway [06/13/2020]
Fungus is destroying a buried Viking ship. Here's how Norway plans to save it. [the Gjellestad ship] [05/20/2020]
Ancient Viking ship discovered buried next to church using breakthrough georadar technology [11/27/2019]
Scandinavian Wine? A Warming Climate Tempts Entrepreneurs [11/10/2019]
Deep-sea Corals [cold water corals, jewel coral] [11/22/2018]
Viking Ship and Cemetery Found Buried in Norway [10/15/2018]
...14 years of topics get skipped, then...
Leif Erikson Day, October 9, 2004 [10/10/2004]
Coin Discovery Sparks Treasure Hunt In Norway (Roman & Chinese Coins) [08/02/2004]
Strand of Ancient Yarn Suggests Early European Presence in Canada [07/21/2004]
Rare coin find stuns historians [07/19/2004]
Viking harbour remains found [03/05/2004]
DNA Tests Debunk Blond Inuit Legend [10/31/2003]
DNA Study To Settle Ancient Mystery About Mingling Of Inuit, Vikings [09/02/2003]
Ancient Vessel Traces Voyages Of The Past [06/13/2002]
Giant Wave Hit Ancient Scotland [09/07/2001]
Kerry is related to King Harald of Norway (They really mean King Herrod) [04/22/2004]
Teacher told: Ditch the Star of David [02/06/2004]
No plans to ban hijab in Norwegian schools [02/05/2004]
Norwegian Foreign Minister Petersen met Arafat, defies the US and Israel [10/16/2003]
Comedian burns US flag on live TV [02/14/2003]
Norwegians File Lawsuit Against Sharon For His War Crimes [07/12/2002]
Norway Trade Body Calls For Boycotting Israeli Products (by labeling them with YELLOW stickers!!!) [07/01/2002]

They are so well preserved that they 'might as well have been cut last year', they write enthusiastically on KHM's Facebook page.

Sometimes Occam's Razor is needed to examine a study.

"Processed" wood that is 7,000 years old, and exposed to the Norwegian climate at that? Even Norway has voracious insects looking for wood to continue the next generation of insects.

I am not accusing them of planting ancient wood in order to discover it, keeping their grant status alive.

But ancient wood is not ancient stone, and we seldom see old carvings without substantial weathering.