A Man Was Walking Through a Field—and Found a Massive Viking Gold Hoard
Gold bracelets were just sticking out of the ground in Denmark. BY TIM NEWCOMB A local man was taking a walk along a road through the woods near Rold (on Denmark’s Himmerland peninsula) when he spotted something unusual: two metallic objects glinting in the topsoil. He crouched down, scraped away the dirt, and pulled out…
‘Extremely rare’ English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelry
Two rare coins minted in England to ward against Viking raids have been discovered in Denmark, where Vikings made them into jewelry. By Kristina Killgrove Two rare silver coins discovered by metal detectorists in Denmark reveal that the Vikings made jewelry out of Christian coins that were originally designed to prevent Viking raids, according to…
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