The ancient golden treasure rewriting Danish history

YouTube ^ | July 11, 2022 | BBC Reel

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A chance discovery is shedding new light on early Norse history, after two old school-friends, armed only with a metal detector stumbled across a gold treasure trove.

More than 20 gold artefacts, weighing almost a kilo, were found buried in a field in the Danish village of Vindelev. Hidden for almost 1,500 years, the treasure includes Roman medallions and ornate pendants called 'bracteates' - some as large as a saucer.

There are mysterious inscriptions and never-seen-before runes, which researchers think are some of the earliest references to Norse gods.

So could Vindelev have been the seat of power for a previously unknown Iron Age king or chieftain?

Video by Adrienne Murray & James Brooks

Commissioned by Dan John

The ancient golden treasure rewriting Danish history | July 11, 2022 | BBC Reel

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• Vindelev hoard [Google image search]

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• BBC Reel videos [YouTube]

[ComputerGuy]

I get excited when I find a single arrowhead. This would be overwhelming.

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• Archaeologists Find Roman Iron Age Board Game in Norway [06/13/2020]
• Bone trove in Denmark tells story of 'Barbarian' battle [06/02/2018]
• Roman drunkard found on Danish island [01/16/2015]
• New Iron Age Sites Discovered in Finland [Roman era] [01/11/2014]
• Treasure trove reveals Iron Age town [Sweden] [11/29/2013]
• German battlefield yields Roman surprises [05/13/2013]
• Two Iron Age Sites Discovered in Finland [09/03/2012]
• An Army Sacrificed in a Bog [ Alken, Denmark, 2K ago ] [07/11/2012]
• Report: Ancient Roman graveyard found in suburban Copenhagen [10/11/2007]
• Crystal Amulet Poses Question On Early Christianity (Denmark - 100AD) [03/09/2007]
• Graves Hint At Contact With Romans (Sweden) [11/09/2006]
• Buddha statue from 6th c found in Viking hoard in Helgo, Sweden [04/26/2005]

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, definitely. Amusing that at first he thought he’d found an old can lid.

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BTTT

[mad_as_he$$]

Me too, until one day I was hunting deer in northern Nevada near a spring and I noticed that a big chunk of ground had sluffed off into the spring and went to investigate and found a arrowhead deposit that filled up the chili can to the top. Most of them were incomplete or broken so clearly it had been a “factory” where they used to sit around and make arrowheads. Kind of took the fun out of hunting arrowheads.

[ComputerGuy]

I once found a stone gear shift knob that I first thought was a partially-drilled atlatl weight. Until I noticed grooves in the hole. Oh, well.

[SunkenCiv]

Fun for all, and all for fun!

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:^)

[ConservativeMind]

The Duck Dynasty family!

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[budj]

Must be real, they were dated “MCMDLXVII BC”

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for posting the pics!