Eric Meyers
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2,596 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4d ago
Eric Meyers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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A man named Oscar Room purchased the farm.
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It's not known if he did so because of the mound and its stories.
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So far as anyone can be sure, this piece of wood was the first fragment recovered from the burial beneath the mound.
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Room could have no clue exactly what it was yet.
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But it was a sample of what was yet to come.
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He had to try and gain the interest of Norway's top archaeologist, and he didn't waste any time.
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Gustavsson was actually Swedish.
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He was already well respected in Oslo's Cultural Institute.
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But he could have no idea that what Oscar Room brought him
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would one day lead him to becoming one of the most celebrated archaeologists
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Gustafsson was hooked.
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The very next day, on his birthday, he traveled to see the mound for himself, and the process was set in motion.
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The Osberburg boat and its silent passengers.
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would be revealed.
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News of the Osserberg and its treasures spread far and wide as word got out among archaeologists and people interested in Viking history.
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Archaeology itself was changing at the time, from the leisurely pursuit of amateur antiquarians to something more scientific.
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It's because of this that there are other treasures from the Osserberg, which help now to tell the story of this incredible dig.
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Anno Brid Haversen is the archivist in charge of this unique trove in Norway's archaeological heritage.
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She has the documentation of Gustafsson's diaries and sketchbooks from the excavation at Ossab in nineteen oh four.
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