April 26, 2024

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Viking-age swords — stabbed into a burial mound 1,200 years ago — uncovered in Sweden

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Miami Herald

 

In order to widen a road in Sweden, archaeologists began excavating a large burial ground — but what they found surprised them. The burial ground in Västmanland had around 100 graves and two burial mounds dating from 600 to 1,000 A.D., archaeologists with Arkeologerna, a part of Sweden’s National Historical Museums agency, said in an Oct. 25 news release.

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