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Mon, 15-Mar-2010 Path: / The Norway Post arrow Culture arrow Oslo growing older
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Image Archeologists now say Oslo's history will have to be re-written. They have made new escavations which show that people have lived on the Ekeberg heights east of the capital for 10,000 years.

The artifacts found include flint chips and other evidence of tool production, which show that people have lived here more than 2000 years longer than experts previously believed.

The new find includes a settlement, which in those days was located at the waters edge, but now is found high up in the hillside. The land has risen after the ice cap which covered much of the area melted.

- Around 8-12 have lived here, says archeologist Kristine Reiersen at the Central Officce of Historic Monuments.

The escavations at Ekeberg have been financed by private investor Christian Ringnes, Aftenposten writes.

(NRK)

Rolleiv Solholm

 



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