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News from the excavations: 15 September 2021

Today we finished the excavations in Valjala for the year. When we excavated the wall, we were in for a surprise: a beautiful pendant came out of an earlier layer of culture directly from under the...

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News from the excavations: 14 September 2021

Excavations around the Valjala fortress are now continuing, and new discoveries are being made by exploring the rampart surrounding the current fortress to the south. Here, too, there has been a...

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News from the excavations: 18 August 2021

We have rain holidays in Valjala! Our tranche is drowning in mud and rainwater. Now all hope is on the weather – maybe the rain will stop for a bit so that we could finish this tranche before...

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News from the excavations: 14 August 2021

Valjala’s second circular wall offers even more surprises. At the moment, there seems to be a remnant of another possible rampart beneath the 3 m wide rampart, in any case a decent cultural...

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Documentary series ‘The Vikings of Salme’

Documentary series ‘The Vikings of Salme’ Read other news...

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The premiere of the documentary series ‘The Vikings of Salme’

The premiere of the documentary series ‘The Vikings of Salme’ Read other news...

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The video of the excavations at Valjala hillfort in the summer of 2021

Margus Muld The video of the excavations at Valjala hillfort in the summer of 2021 Read other news...

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Entrepreneur donates €500,000 to support research into Saaremaa’s history

ERR Entrepreneur donates €500,000 to support research into Saaremaa’s history Read other news...

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Saaremaa in the Viking Age

Marika Mägi Saaremaa in the Viking Age Read other news...

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Archaeologists find rare gold bracelet in Saaremaa

ERR Archaeologists find rare gold bracelet in Saaremaa Read other news...

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