Amateur archaeologist finds Denmark’s oldest crucifix

cphpost.dk ^ | 5-17-16 | Christian W

[smokingfrog]

When amateur archaeologist Dennis Fabricius Holm got off work early last Friday and decided to spend a couple of hours searching a little field in Funen with his metal detector, little did he know he was about to make history.

Holm stumbled across one of the most extraordinary finds in recent times near the little town of Aunslev when he discovered a crucifix that dates back about 1,100 years – Denmark’s oldest crucifix ever found. It could rewrite Danish history.

“It’s a completely sensational find that dates back to the first half of the 900s,” Malene Refshauge Beck, a curator and archaeologist at Østfyns Museum, told DR Nyheder. “A nearly identical figure was found in Sweden that has been dated to this period.”

“This object will definitely need to figure in future history books as it could alter the period when it is believed that Danes became Christian. Over the last few years there have been more and more signs that Christianity was spread earlier than previously thought – and up until now, this find is the clearest proof of that.”

[Iron Munro]

Are the Danish muslims demanding the crucifix be destroyed and that Denmark pay reparations to all muslims for the anguish it has caused them?

[Lurking Libertarian]

Archaeology ping.

[Biggirl]

No.

[Little Pig]

Paging Aethelstan, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

[sparklite2]

They found it under a cushion of
the world’s oldest couch.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lurking Libertarian.

[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, it had been posted before, but worth another look. ;') The first link leads to the list of links I put in the earlier topic:

• 1,100 year-old Denmark crucifix 'may change history' [2016]
• Was Viking ruler Rollo Danish or Norwegian? [2016]
• 700-year-old Danish 'Civil War' coins uncovered [2016]
• Archaeologists to uncover secrets of Viking fortress [2015]
• Incised stone sun discs found during Danish island excavations [2015]
• 'Sea Monster' Figurehead Emerges From Baltic Sea [2015]
• Archaeologists Baffled By 2,000 Tiny Gold Spirals Discovered In Denmark [2015]
• 5,500-Year-Old Fingerprint Found on Ceramic Vessel [2015]
• The Black Pharaoh in Denmark [2015]
• Photographer Spends Years Creating New 'Historical' Photos of Old Warships [2015]
• Clues to ancient invasion in DNA [ Scotland, Ireland, Picts, Vikings ] [2009]
• Danish Archaeologists In Search Of Vikings In Iran [2005]
• New Tolkien book discovered [2003]
• lots of 'refugee' articles in the Denmark keyword
• which continues here

[CrazyIvan]

I’ve got one dated 213 BC.

[Fresh Wind]

It doesn’t look like a crucifix to me.

[smokingfrog]

It looks kind of pagan to me, but I’m no expert.

[smokingfrog]

Can you post a picture?

[jetson]

Looks more like a piece of gingerbreadman jewelry.

[BunnySlippers]

It looks like jewelry from a museum gift shop.

[CrazyIvan]

Dang.....I seem to have misplaced it.