Archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Museum have recently uncovered 3,000-year-old graves in central Norway near a new part of the European route E6, which is under construction.
     "There is a trace of a clay landslide that happened in the area probably already in prehistoric times. The clay has landed as a lid over the tombs," project manager Merete Moe Henriksen said.
     The archaeologists found the well-preserved cairn graves under a 2 meter slide deposit of clay. The graves are nine meters in diameter and there we also found several smaller stone-built chambers. Apart from the cairns, figures were also discovered close to the cairns, as well as a casting mold that may have been used for bronze axes.
     Due to the graves being in good shape, they have been deemed to constitute an important source of knowledge in the Bronze Age burial customs in central Norway.
     The excavations will continue in the area during the autumn and next year.

Edited from Xinhuanet (23 October 2017)