Posted on 07/19/2022 2:42:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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 JohnThe ancient golden treasure rewriting Danish history | July 11, 2022 | BBC Reel
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This dig site is actually an ancient Frolf course. After all, the Romans invented the frisbie. ;^)
Suggests that the Viking Age may have began in the 600’s AD.
“Until I noticed grooves in the hole.”
Obviously the ancient aliens were carving the grooves with space lasers. You could have gotten on the History Channel!
I missed my chance at fame.
I’m going to take a bag of them and secretly salt my son and DIL’s garden next week.
Don’t cross the streams.
Good one!!
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