Father-daughter detour in Norway led straight to a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age secret
Tormod Fjeld is a graphic designer by day and a rock-carving hunter by passion. He’s been at it for years, and his eye for the terrain is good enough that he and his friends have collectively discovered hundreds of previously unknown carving sites across Norway. So when he was driving his daughter Ada through Bærum in eastern Norway and something about a hillside near Kolsåstoppen caught his attention, he stopped.
What they found had been sitting there for roughly 3,000 years.
Carved into the exposed sandstone were ships. Large, detailed Bronze Age ships, some carved upright, others inverted, packed with small human figures whose heads were rendered with unusual clarity. The scenes may show people sitting in their vessels, possibly wearing helmets.........
