A Norwegian family that ventured into their garden in search of a lost gold earring stumbled instead upon a pair of Viking-era brooches. The Aasviks, who live on the southern Norwegian island of ...
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Viking Age woman found buried with scallop shells on her mouth, and archaeologists are mystified
A metal detectorist in central Norway recently discovered a Viking Age metal brooch. But when he led archaeologists to the site, they found much more: a burial with evidence of an unusual ritual they ...
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Hornelund Brooches: Viking age gold ornaments mysteriously buried in Denmark 1,000 years ago
These two brooches were part of a small hoard discovered along with a gold arm ring in southwestern Jutland, Denmark. Dated to the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066), the brooches are decorated with ...
Last December, retired police officer and metal detecting enthusiast Kath Giles made a stunning discovery while exploring a tract of private land on the Isle of Man: a trove of 1,000-year-old Viking ...
A priceless Celtic treasure described as a “staggering find” and compared to the legendary Tara brooch has been discovered by accident in the storerooms of Britain’s national museum. The brooch looted ...
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