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Micro-documentary: Saaremaa’s Middle Age

https://youtu.be/xnbCNPgUSKk The video introduces the Medieval Ages of Saaremaa. Authors: Kristo Siig, Martin Männik, Marika Mägi, Piia Sandra Palm. Thanks: Tuuli Kurisoo, Ragnar Saage. The video...

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Guide for archaeological database

Most of Saaremaa’s archaeological finds are held in the collection of the Saaremaa Museum and in the Tallinn University Research Collection.   You can search this database: in the main search...

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A silver treasure was found under the floor during the renovation of a house in Rahu village in Saaremaa.

In the village of Rahu in Saaremaa, a hobby detectorist Roland Pärn discovered under the floor of his house during renovations silver coins from the 11th and 12th centuries, which Marika Mägi...

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2022

Mägi, M.; Tõnisson, H.; Harjo, O. (2023). Archaeological and ground penetrating radar investigations around three Saaremaa hill-forts – Valjala, Pöide and Kaarma. Arheoloogilised välitööd...

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2021

Mägi, M. (2021). Scandinavian chieftains in Saaremaa? Archaeological investigations in Ure, a probable Roman Period sacrificial place. Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia, 73−90. Read the...

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The Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia decided to support the further development of Saaremaa’s Early History Information Centre & the funding of RAUR

Osiliana and all history lovers of Saaremaa have received wonderful news just in time for Yule!  Namely, the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia decided to support the further...

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1998

Mägi, M.; Allmäe, R.; Maldre, L. (1998). Viking Age Graveyard at Piila, Saaremaa. Archeological fieldwork in Estonia = Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis 1997 (99 – 116). Tallinn:...

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The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Fieldwork and Catalogue.

On the 10th of November 2023a new book published by the Archaeological Research Collection of Tallinn University: The Salme Ship Burials: Two Eighth-Century Mass Graves on Saaremaa Island,...

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Exhibition: ‘Face to face with medieval Saaremaa islanders’

Exhibition: ‘Face to face with medieval Saaremaa islanders‘ at Saaremaa Museum is opened from 14-07.2023 until 30.08.2024! The 13th-century is considered a revolutionary period in the...

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International Conference of Sagas: 11 August 2022

A major international conference on the study of sagas opened this morning at Tallinn University. The first half of the conference took place at the University of Helsinki. A true example of...

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