The Archaeologists, National Historical Museums
Posted on 06/08/2025 10:37:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Sweden's Arkeologerna announced that archaeologists working in Viggbyholm, Täby, outside of Stockholm, unearthed a stunning 1,000-year-old Viking Age treasure trove. The site was inhabited from around a.d. 400 to 1050 and contains more than 20 houses and other buildings. Beneath the flooring of one structure, former occupants concealed an array of valuables they were never able to retrieve, for reasons that are still unknown. The collection includes eight silver neck torcs, two silver armbands, one ring, two pearls, and 12 coins that were turned into pendants. These had been carefully wrapped in a cloth purse and placed in a ceramic vase for safekeeping. "This is something you probably only experience once in a lifetime," said archaeologist Maria Lingström. The diverse origins of the coins -- which came from places such as England, Normandy, Bohemia, Bavaria, and even Persia -- are indicative of the far-reaching trade connections that Viking Age Scandinavians developed.
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“...former occupants concealed an array of valuables they were never able to retrieve, for reasons that are still unknown.”
They were dead, is usually the best reason................
That would be the leading cause of a Viking not returning to his loot.
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It was left by Africans who were the original inhabitants.
It will be displayed in the national museum as such - the treasure left by Africans, the first inhabitants of Sweden.
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