Norway’s melting ice is revealing 6,000-year-old secrets — but archaeologists are racing to save them

For thousands of years, mountain ice in Norway kept traces of human activity locked away from the elements. Now, as that ice retreats, some of those objects are returning to the surface — including arrows that may be thousands of years old.

The team of archaeologists excavating in the Jotunheimen Mountains in Norway has found 48 prehistoric arrows, out of which the most intriguing one is about 5,000-6,000 years old.