An amateur metal detectorist in Norway has made the gold ‘find of the century’ including coins dating back around a millennium and a half. This is the gold find of the century in Norway,’ he said, announcing the find today. Mr Bore first began walking around the mountainous island with his metal detector in August. Ole Madsen, director at the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger, said that to find ‘so much gold at the same time is extremely unusual’. Under Norwegian law, objects from before 1537, and coins older than 1650, are considered state property and must be handed in. He was shocked to learn he had in fact dug up nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls – some of which date back as far as the fall of the Roman Empire. The pendants and gold pearls were part of ‘a very showy necklace’ that was made by skilled jewellers and worn by society’s most powerful, said Professor Reiersen. Mr Bore said that he had bought his first metal detector only this year after his doctor ordered him to get out more instead of sitting on the sofa at home. Erlend Bore, 51, believed he had come across some chocolate money when he made the find in a farmer’s field on Rennesoey island, near Stavanger, in late August. He added that ‘in Norway, no similar discovery has been made since the 19th century, and it is also a very unusual discovery in a Scandinavian context’.

An expert on such pendants, Professor Sigmund Oehrl, also from the museum, said about 1,000 golden bracteates – thin, flat gold medals – have so far been found in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. By the 8th century, these groups were able to project enough power to oversee the conquest of Britain. On the Rennesoey ones, a horse’s tongue hangs out on the gold pendants, and ‘its slumped posture and twisted legs show that it is injured’, Professor Oehrl said. The horse symbol represented illness and distress, but at the same time hope for healing and new life,’ he added. He said symbols on the pendants usually show the Norse god Odin healing his son’s sick horse. They said they believed the weapons could have been stolen from Roman soldiers by Jewish rebels, hidden for nearly two millennia. For much of its history, Norway had no need to mint its own coins and relied on the import of foreign currencies. Yesterday, Israeli archeologists announced the discovery of four extremely rare Roman swords found in a cave overlooking the dead sea. The Archaeological Museum in Stavanger, about 200 miles (300km) south-west of Oslo, plans to exhibit Mr Bore’s finds. The migratory period around the time the coins were found in Norway coincides with Germanic tribes moving north as the Huns swept through Europe. There, the tribes consolidated power around local chieftains and leading to the construction of Norway’s first forts.

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YUNATSITE, Bulgaria, Aug 10 (Reuters) – It may be just a tiny gold bead – 4 mm (1/8 inch) in diameter – but it is an enormous discovery for Bulgarian archaeologists who say they have found Europe’s – and probably the world’s – oldest gold artefact. Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq. Yavor Boyadzhiev, associated professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Science, said. Anything over 0.7-0.8 hectares is regarded as a town by researchers working in Mesopotamia, Boyadzhiev said. The gold bead, weighing 15 centigrams (0.005 ounce), was dug up two weeks ago in the remains of a small house that would have stood at a time when metals such as copper and gold were being used for a first time. More than 150 ceramic figures of birds have been found at the site, indicating the animal was probably worshipped by the town’s people. The bead will be exhibited in the historical museum in Pazardzhik once it has been thoroughly analysed and its age confirmed, a museum worker said. The settlement unearthed so far is between 10 and 12 hectares (25-30 acres) and would have had a 2.8-metre-high (9-foot) fortress wall. Boyadzhiev, believes the bead was made at the site, just outside the modern town of Pazardzhik, which he says was the first “urban” settlement in Europe, peopled by “a highly-cultured society” which moved there from Anatolia, in today’s Turkey, around 6,000 B.C. The settlement was destroyed by hostile tribes who invaded from the north-east around 4,100 B.C.

The NFL has shut down rumors that organizers were planning to give out free Taylor Swift-style friendship bracelets during the Jets’ home game against Kansas City on Sunday, amid the pop star’s romance with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. I thought this tweet was a joke at first,’ said a user on X, formerly known as Twitter. Television ratings for the Bears-Chiefs game soared despite the lopsided score. A total of 24.3million viewers tuned in, making it the second-most watched game this season behind the Lions’ 21-20 upset at Arrowhead on opening day. Chiefs fans attending Sunday Night Football,’ tweeted SNY’s Connor Hughes. Friendship bracelets have been a major talking point during Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour this year, as fans marveled about the accessory as a way to connect with others based on shared experiences. In three hours,’ tweeted someone else. Woody Johnson would pitch a fit,’ shared another. There’s no shaking off the Swift-Kelce buzz, anytime soon, as Kelce’s No. 87 jersey sales skyrocketed last week, spiking 400 percent. Many NFL fans on social media reacted to Friday’s update with relief, as some didn’t even know what a friendship bracelet was to begin with, while few of them showed signs of disappointment. Chiefs fans attending Sunday Night Football. Everything you lose is a step you take. So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it. That’s not happening,’ he added. Since then, speculation of her most popular concert accessory potentially being at a professional football game has gone through the roof, although it now appears that the rumor was too good to be true in the first place. Anklets – read this article https://www.backtoglamour.com/blog/2024/12/28/why-are-mens-silver-necklace-the-next-big-thing-2/ – ?’ suggested a fan. Friendship bracelets? You’re joking right? I dont even know what I friendship bracelet is — but Im quite certain someone can sell 500 of them in MetLife parking lot for $20 bucks each. But yeah, they are giving out free wins though,’ wrote a user, referring to the Jets’ 0-3 record to start the season. Swift even sang about coming up with the idea in the lyrics of her song ‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’: ‘Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned.