Posted on Apr 27, 2023
"Very rare" 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed by young girl who was metal detecting in a...
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Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday.
The rare trove -- lying in two spots not far apart -- was unearthed by a young girl who was metal detecting in a cornfield last autumn.
"A hoard like this is very rare," Lars Christian Norbach, director of the North Jutland museum where the artefacts will go on display, told AFP.
The rare trove -- lying in two spots not far apart -- was unearthed by a young girl who was metal detecting in a cornfield last autumn.
"A hoard like this is very rare," Lars Christian Norbach, director of the North Jutland museum where the artefacts will go on display, told AFP.
"Very rare" 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed by young girl who was metal detecting in a...
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Denmark
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Kom helt tæt på vikingetiden på Fyrkat, der er en af Danmarks fem ringborge.Fyrkatborgen blev opført i 980 under Kong Harald Blåtand. Ingen af de oprindelige ringborge findes i dag, men på Fyrkat markerer en jordvold, hvor ringborgen omkransede de oprindelige 16 langhuse. Husenes beliggenhed er i dag markeret med hvide sten. Umiddelbart uden for borgen er et af langhusene rekonstrueret.I umiddelbar nærhed af Fyrkatborgen ligger vikingegården,...
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