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Viking Hoards

Viking Necklace Discovered in Glencurran Cave

April 29, 2010 Viking Hoards
Glencurran Viking Necklace

Excavations by Dr Marion Dowd at Glencurran Cave, the Burren National Park (Ireland), led to a stunning discovery: a unique Viking necklace estimated to be 1,150-year-old. Necklaces dating to the Viking Age that have been found previously, usually had five to six glass beads, but this one has 71 beads covered with gold foil. This [...]

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Odin from Lejre

November 16, 2009 Norse Mythology
Odin from Lejre

Last Saturday, November 14, Roskilde Museum site published an article (in Danish), entitled “Odin fra Lejre” (“Odin from Lejre”). It tells about an exciting archaeological find, a small silver figurine discovered early in September at Lejre (municipality on the island of Zealand, Denmark). Amateur archaeologist Tommy Olesen was metal detecting near the site where archaeologists [...]

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Oseberg Buddha

August 21, 2009 Viking Hoards
Oseberg Buddha

Oseberg ship was found in a large burial mound in 1904 near Oseberg farm, Vestfold county, Norway. It is believed to be one of the best preserved and most exciting Viking ship finds, even though the burial (dating to 834 AD) was looted as early as in the Middle Ages. The ship’s prow and the [...]

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Viking Ships Found Over the Last 12 Years

March 13, 2009 Viking Hoards
Viking ship sail

As far as I was able to find out, at least eight important viking ship finds have been reported over the last twelve years. In July 1997 a joint expedition of the Center for Russian Underwater Archaeology and Archeoclub d’Italia discovered a wreck of a 9th or 10th century Varangian ship in Dalnaja Bay near [...]

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Lewis Chessmen

March 12, 2009 Viking Hoards
Lewis chessmen

The Lewis chessmen were probably made in Norway about AD 1150-1200 by craftsmen in Trondheim, where similar pieces have been found. Some researchers think that the chessmen were lost or hidden during their transportation from Norway to Viking settlements on the east coast of Ireland. They were discovered in 1831 in the vicinity of Uig [...]

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Viking Burial Site in Cumwhitton, Cumbria

February 21, 2009 Viking Burials
Cumbria

In March 2004 amateur archeologist Peter Adams found two Viking copper brooches on a farmland in Cumwhitton, near Carlisle, Cumbria, using a metal detector with permisson from the landowner. Mr Adams immediately reported this important find under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. This led to the discovery of six Viking graves, dating from the early 10th [...]

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Harrogate Hoard – A Viking Treasure Find

February 17, 2009 Viking Hoards
Harrogate hoard

In 2007 a father and son metal detecting team found a major Viking hoard near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The trove of coins and jewelry, which dates back to the 10th century, was the largest find of such type in Britain since the Cuerdale hoard was discovered in Lancashire in 1840. David Whelan, 60, and his [...]

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