{"id":119666,"date":"2023-10-06T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=119666"},"modified":"2023-10-06T19:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:40:21","slug":"family-unearth-trove-of-viking-treasures-while-searching-garden-for-lost-earring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/family-unearth-trove-of-viking-treasures-while-searching-garden-for-lost-earring\/","title":{"rendered":"Family unearth trove of Viking treasures while searching garden for lost earring"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Norwegian family searching for a lost earring in their back garden were astounded when they found something unexpected instead.<\/p>\n

When the jewellery went missing the family got out a metal detector, hoping the item would set off a signal. But instead, the detector began sounding near a large tree behind their house \u2013 and after some digging, they unearthed artefacts from a Viking burial, reports Live Science.<\/p>\n

The ancient relics include two bronze ornaments which historians say were once covered in gold. Vibeke Lia, an archaeologist with the Vestfold and Telemark County Council, said one of the items is a type of oval brooch commonly found in women's graves, which would have been used to fasten the shoulder straps of halter dresses.<\/p>\n

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"They come in pairs, one for each strap, so there should be another one there," she said. The other object was harder to identify, but experts reckon it is also a brooch in a different shape.<\/p>\n

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The jewels suggest the grave likely belonged to an aristocratic Viking woman. "They (the brooches) are in pretty good condition compared to most metal-detecting finds we get, because this site has never been plowed," she said.<\/p>\n

After the metal detector located the remains, the family stopped digging and sounded the alarm, contacting local government archaeologists to come and look at the discovery, according to a Facebook post by the county council's cultural heritage department.<\/p>\n

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