DiscoverExploring the Viking Age#15: Jim Hansson – From Kalashnikovs to Ship Wrecks: A Marine Archaeologist’s Wild Finds
#15: Jim Hansson – From Kalashnikovs to Ship Wrecks: A Marine Archaeologist’s Wild Finds

#15: Jim Hansson – From Kalashnikovs to Ship Wrecks: A Marine Archaeologist’s Wild Finds

Update: 2025-06-01
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Today’s guest is Jim Hansson — marine archaeologist, diver, and co-author of The Ships of Birka. In this episode, we dive deep (literally) into the world beneath the waves: underwater Viking harbors, preserved tools and textiles, how he found a fragment of what is likely a piece of a sail, and the magic of uncovering everyday life from over a thousand years ago. Jim shares wild stories from decades of diving, from finding Kalashnikovs and Santa masks to recovering 16th-century warships in the Baltic Sea.

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#15: Jim Hansson – From Kalashnikovs to Ship Wrecks: A Marine Archaeologist’s Wild Finds

#15: Jim Hansson – From Kalashnikovs to Ship Wrecks: A Marine Archaeologist’s Wild Finds

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