Viking treasure hoard yields astounding finds

China Daily ^ | 06/24/2002 | Agencies via Xinhua

[vannrox]

I love this stuff.

[lizma]

If you ever find youself in York, England, check out the Jorvik Viking Centre.

They take you through the ruins of a settlement and then through a re-creation which includes the possible smells!

It's fabulous.

[Shermy]

Some interesting history here in this article.

[r9etb]

Great post. An amazing array of places for those coins to come from. I especially like the part about the Khazars. (Are these the people form whom Khazakstan is named?)

[strela]

The site's proximity to one of Gotland's main natural harbours, may be one clue.

Wi not trei a holiday in Sweden this yer?

See the loveli lakes ...

[RightWhale]

In the ninth century, the silver money of the Arabs was the most common coinage in Scandinavia

Factoid alert:
Islamic coin, eh?

[Icthus]

Good post....thanks.

[The Great RJ]

Given the Swedish government's tax rates, the farmer should take a hint from his Viking ancestors and also bury his money.

[Swordmaker]

Given the Swedish government's tax rates, the farmer should take a hint from his Viking ancestors and also bury his money.

the Swedish government has already confiscated the treasure that was found on the farmer's property! To my way of thinking the government STOLE the treasure from its rightful owner. Damn socialists.

[another cricket]

"with crops that year infected by lice,"

Lice? First time I ever heard of crops getting lice.

Very cool find indeed. We seem to be getting a lot of very cool finds lately.

a.cricket

[rmmcdaniell]

the Swedish government has already confiscated the treasure that was found on the farmer's property! To my way of thinking the government STOLE the treasure from its rightful owner. Damn socialists.

This policy of confiscation may hurt historical research. If I could keep everything found on my property I would have no problem loaning it to museums or historians. If I were in this farmer's place with those laws, I would have hid it and slowly auctioned it off on ebay.

[Hugin]

Sweden's law on historical monuments sets strict penalties for anyone searching for treasure with metal detectors,

Why make it illegal to search with metal detectors? Sounds like a stupid socialist regulation to stiffle individual initiative.

[AZLiberty]

Photographs and more info here.

[JudyB1938]

That's a neat site. I especially liked this picture.

[seeker41]

Mr. Cricket, the Lord tells us in the last days knowledge will grow in leaps and bounds. That includes our history. Just MHO.

[Spirited]

They are saying "Jews", I am thinking Israel instead. Perhaps tribe of Dan? Along with the underwater archealogy which is revealing bountiful chunks of truth and putting the lie to a lot of the "heretofore" theories, God seems intent on revelation.

[blam]

Look over here.

[blam]

Great pictures, thanks for the link.

[LostTribe]

>...dating from AD 830 to 840 ... provenance is the kingdom of the Khazars, a realm in southern Russia between the Black and Caspian seas.

>They are saying "Jews", I am thinking Israel instead. Perhaps tribe of Dan?

Good Morning Blam.

Anything "in southern Russia between the Black and Caspian seas" is fodder for discussion about The Lost Tribes of Israel.  They were certainly there by the Millions after they escaped the Assyrian Captivity ~600 BC.

However there's not a lot of evidence to suggest they stayed around to see how it was all going to play out.  These 6+ MILLION people, now known as The CELTS, moved out quickly in waves to the West and Northwest, to become the Europeans and Americans of today.

This Viking article talks about 830 AD, so I think any members or relatives of the original Tribe of Dan (or any other tribe) were long gone, long before.  But since the Vikings (especially Swedish Vikings) are known to have come to this region during their explorations and trading with the Mediterranean area,  it is quite possible some of the Lost Tribe Israelites (not Jewish) returned. 

Some people believe all Scandinavians came from the Tribe of Dan (as in Danmark and many other good examples based on Dan). But there are also other good theories as to which of the Tribes spawned which Europeans.

[cake_crumb]

"The earliest coin in the hoard dates from AD 539 and is Persian, before the Islamic conquest."

I guess it WAS before the "Islamic conquest", since 539 AD is over a hundred years before Islam....

Otherewise, great article. I LOVE these archeological treasure finds.