https://freerepublic.com/tag/raknehaugen/ en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:03:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4374810/posts A new study of southern Norway's Raknehaugen mound conducted by Lars Gustavsen of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research suggests that it does not contain a burial and may have been built in response to a landslide, according to a Phys.org report. "I actually discovered the landslide scar more or less by accident," Gustavsen said. "While investigating the visibility of the mound using LiDAR data, it suddenly appeared in one of the visualizations I was using to analyze the landscape," he said. When the mound was excavated in 1869 and 1870, no central burial mound was found. Excavations in... Archaeology Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4374810/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:03:38 GMT