Viking Age ship burial may be hiding beneath Norwegian farm, iron rivets hint

A selection of iron rivets photographed with a black background.

Dozens of iron rivets scattered around a farmer's field in Norway could be part of a Viking ship burial, archaeologists say.

In 2015, a metal detectorist discovered three of the rivets while exploring Jarlsberg Manor in southeastern Norway. After the detectorist alerted authorities to the find, a team of archaeologists equipped with metal-detecting equipment descended on the field and unearthed seven more rivets, Science Norway reported.