1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (387+ words) A homeowner in northern Denmark set out to build a new patio and ended up uncovering the country’s largest known hoard of Viking silver instead. The roughly 1,000-year-old treasure includes hundreds of coins, pieces of jewelry, silver bars, and even…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (728+ words) The mundane work of clearing grass and stones in a backyard has led to the discovery of Denmark's largest known hoard of Viking Age silver. The finder, a man based in the northern Danish municipality of Rebild who wishes to…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (337+ words) Finestre sull'Arte - Finland's Largest Viking Silver Treasure in the Country's History Discovered An important archaeological discovery has been made in Finland, where, near the village of Sysmä, what appears to be the largest hoard of silver coins from the Viking…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (821+ words) A terrace project in Rebild uncovered about 18.5 kilograms of Viking-Age silver. The objects show how wealth moved, was measured and was hidden in tenth-century Denmark. A new terrace was supposed to change a garden. Instead, a few minutes of digging…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (625+ words) On a mostly flat plain an hour north of Stockholm lies a collection of large burial mounds dating from an ancient culture at least 2500 years old. These people were not Vikings; they were northern Germanic Goths, pagan polytheists worshiping the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (104+ words) Homeowner discovers Denmark's biggest-ever Viking silver hoard while digging new patio. A homeowner digging a new patio discovered Denmark's biggest-ever haul of Viking silver. He initially thought his garden fork had struck a piece of old iron. Instead, he began…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (180+ words) A hoard of thousands of silver coins was unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist in southern Finland. Experts at Lahti Museums believe it’s the largest Viking-era coin hoard found in the country, Heritage Daily reported. The silver hoard was discovered…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (909+ words) Hidden for centuries, the hoard reveals a Viking world where silver crossed borders, and its weight could matter more than its shape. A Danish homeowner was digging out a few stubborn stones for a new terrace in their garden when…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (473+ words) When a man in Denmark broke ground in his backyard on home improvement work, it was a new terrace that he was looking forward to seeing at the end of the sweaty job. Yet merely half an hour had passed…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) A homeowner digging a new patio discovered Denmark's biggest-ever haul of Viking silver. He initially thought his garden fork had struck a piece of old iron. Instead, he began pulling jewellery, coins and silver bars from the ground. The 1,000-year-old…...