Viking burial site, England

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Anybody see the news about the Viking burial site?? It was found by a guy with a metal detector in NW England.? He found a copper brooch and took it to a museum to report it.? They determined it could only have come from a Viking site and started an excavation, only to discover 6 intact Viking graves complete with spears, swords, jewelry, saddlery, drinking horns, and fire starting equipment.? The graves date to about the 10th Century.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5926726/

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=6167763&section=news
 

amateur archaeologist! I like that. I guess that's what we all should call ourselves now. 8)
 

i agree, amateur archaeologist, much better than pirate or graverobber
 

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