Viking treasure found near Arlanda

[Satori]

Viking treasure found near Arlanda

Published: 4 Apr 08 11:17 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/10906/

A unique silver treasure has been uncovered near Sweden’s Arlanda airport.

On Tuesday, archaeologists from the Swedish National Heritage Board dug up the largest collection of Viking-era silver coins found in the Uppland region north of Stockholm in modern times.

The treasure consists of 450 silver coins and was discovered during an investigation of an Iron Age grave site located beside the Steningehöjden area in Sundveda near Arlanda.

Some of the coins come from Bagdad and Damascus and are thought to be from 500 to 840 AD and appear to have been buried around 850 AD. They were found on the edge of a grave which is believed to be 1000 years older than the treasure.

 

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[Bum Luck]

They were found on the edge of a grave which is believed to be 1000 years older than the treasure.

There's a story!

 

[Eu_citzen]

Cool!

 

[Old Dog]

They were found on the edge of a grave which is believed to be 1000 years older than the treasure.

There's a story!

Exactly,

HMMMMMM
I wonder if something could be wrong with the dating system here.
a grave dating to 500 BC and relics from that grave dating to 500 AD
That does sound a little strange to me.

I may be blond but I wonder if blonds from Sweden are different?
No wait, I resemble that too. LOL

Thom

 

[Eu_citzen]

I may be blond but I wonder if blonds from Sweden are different?
No wait, I resemble that too. LOL

We are known for (pretty) blond ladies; not men lol (could that be the difference?)


Cheers,
Eu

 

[Old Dog]

They were found on the edge of a grave which is believed to be 1000 years older than the treasure.

Exactly,

HMMMMMM
I wonder if something could be wrong with the dating system here.
a grave dating to 500 BC and relics from that grave dating to 500 AD
That does sound a little strange to me.

[/quote]

I was wondering if they were somehow linked to the Smithsonian,
That sounds like things I have heard from our guys...
You know... the guys who stick to and maintain that Columbus was the first inter Continental traveler to set foot in the new world.

Got a lot of proof that says otherwise,


Thom

 

[Bum Luck]

Sometimes there are later "bundle" burials in Indian mounds around here.

It seems like it is a human thing.

 

[GL]

Treasure buried in an old graveyard.

Neat.