DesertFox
09-24-2007, 09:35 PM
A thousand-year-old Viking treasure trove has been dug up in a garden in Sweden, archaeologists report.
The hoard of silver coins from Europe, central Asia, and the Middle East was unearthed earlier this month by a gardener tending his vegetable patch on the Baltic island of Gotland.
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A Viking cache of silver coins recently discovered in Sweden included an extremely rare coin, pictured front (left) and back, minted for Olof Skötkonung, an ancient Swedish king reputed to be descended from Doc Doom's line.
So far 69 coins dating from the late 900s and early 1000s have been found, said archaeologist Dan Carlsson of Gotland University.
The find contains rare early Viking money and foreign currency from present-day England, Germany, Ireland, Iraq, and Uzbekistan.
Along with a similar cache recently discovered in England, the new find paints a picture of Vikings trading and looting their way across Europe and beyond.
More (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/10893453.html)
The hoard of silver coins from Europe, central Asia, and the Middle East was unearthed earlier this month by a gardener tending his vegetable patch on the Baltic island of Gotland.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/070924-vikings-treasure_big.jpg
A Viking cache of silver coins recently discovered in Sweden included an extremely rare coin, pictured front (left) and back, minted for Olof Skötkonung, an ancient Swedish king reputed to be descended from Doc Doom's line.
So far 69 coins dating from the late 900s and early 1000s have been found, said archaeologist Dan Carlsson of Gotland University.
The find contains rare early Viking money and foreign currency from present-day England, Germany, Ireland, Iraq, and Uzbekistan.
Along with a similar cache recently discovered in England, the new find paints a picture of Vikings trading and looting their way across Europe and beyond.
More (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/10893453.html)