Archaeological projects and news

Juffrau Elisabedt (1760)

On the 22nd of March 1760 a ship was abandoned with its sails all open at some skerries in Søgne in Southern Norway.

The Providetz

Irish shipwrek found off the Norweigian coast by Mandal dive club 300 years after it sank!

Rare cannon find off Mandal

In August 2020, Mandal diving club found a cannon on the sea bed at 20 meters depth off the coast of Mandal in Southern Norway. The rare find is unique to Norway.

Barcode 6 - from sailing vessel to archaeological object

Animation of the 16th Century boat Barcode 6, sailing on the Oslo fjord 400 years ago then becoming the wreck, unearthed by archaeologists in 2008.

Juffrau Elisabedt (1760)

The Providetz

Rare cannon find off Mandal

Barcode 6 - from sailing vessel to archaeological object

Old ships sail again - in 3D

Musket balls from the Great Northern War found