Double hoard of Viking treasure discovered near Harald Bluetooth’s fort in Denmark

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Silver cash and jewellery unearthed from a subject on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark are revealing new perception into the reign and non secular ambitions of the highly effective Viking king Harald Bluetooth, in line with archaeologists.

The objects — round 300 items of silver, together with about 50 cash and cut-up jewellery — had been found late final 12 months by an area archaeology group surveying a farm northeast of the city of Hobro and close to Fyrkat, a ring fort constructed by Harald Bluetooth in about A.D. 980. 

Excavations present that the property had been initially buried in two hoards about 100 toes (30 meters) aside, most likely beneath two now long-gone buildings. Since then, these hoards have been unfold round by farm equipment.

The roughly 300 items of silver, together with about 50 cash, had been discovered utilizing a metallic detector in a subject on Jutland in Denmark late final 12 months.  (Picture credit score: Nordjyske Museer, Denmark)

Plainly whoever buried the treasure was intentionally splitting it up in case one hoard was misplaced, stated Torben Trier Christiansen (opens in new tab), an archaeologist concerned with the discover and curator on the Museums of North Jutland.