Rare Christian cross among spectacular 1,000-year-old Viking treasures found by metal detectorists

By Andrea Margolis Archaeologists recently unearthed a hoard of early medieval treasures on the banks of an inlet in northern Germany, all thanks to a metal detectorist. The State Archaeology Department of Schleswig-Holstein (ALSH) announced the discovery in a press release in late May.  The hoard, dating back roughly 1,000 years, was found on theContinue reading “Rare Christian cross among spectacular 1,000-year-old Viking treasures found by metal detectorists”

Clash of cultures: exhibition tells story of when Vikings ruled the north of England

Viking North at Yorkshire Museum features UK’s largest exhibition of Viking-age artefacts, including era’s ‘cheap’ jewellery and evidence of slave-owning By Robyn Vinter  When Anglo-Saxons buried their jewellery in an attempt to keep it safe from marauding Vikings, it is unlikely they envisaged their treasures would be dug up a millennium later and studied byContinue reading “Clash of cultures: exhibition tells story of when Vikings ruled the north of England”