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Norway is a sparsely populated northern European country that is part of Scandinavia. The capital of Norway is Oslo. The country is bordered by Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Svalbard archipelago also belongs to Norway. In particular the Norwegian fjords are well known and very impressive. The most famous fjords (Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord) are on the world heritage list of UNESCO. At the coast of Norway orka's can be seen. Sightseeing for travel or for holidays are: Oslo, Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen, 600m high), bryggen (hanze houses) in Bergen, the Jugendstil built centre of Ålesund , the old city of Stavanger (Gamle), National Park Dovrefjell, Pilgrims city Trondheim (with the Dome), Mining town Røros , Vikingships (at the museum peninsula Bygdøy), Lillehammer and the Svalbardeilanden.

Archaeology literally means the teachings or knowledge of the old or ancient (archaios is Greek for 'old' and logos means' knowledge '). The archaeology deals with physical remnants of past human activities. On this basis, the archaeologist trying to understand something of the manner in which people previously lived. Material things are remnants may: tools, weapons, coins, bricks. It may contain residues of the people themselves as skeletons, mummies or the ash of burnt bones. Of remains of animals or plants that the man had something to do.

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