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18.5-kilogram Viking silver hoard found in Denmark is the largest ever discovered | Archaeology News Online Magazine

A routine garden project in Rebild has led to the largest known Viking Age silver hoard ever found in Denmark. The hoard contains 18.5 kilograms of silver, almost three times the weight of the previous record holder. The find was made while a homeowner prepared the ground for a new terrace. After about half an […]

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In Denmark, a man found over 18.5 kilograms of silver while building a terrace in his backyard. This has become the country's largest Viking Age collection. Read more here: Someone Digging in Their Backyard Finds 18 Kilograms of Viking Silver - Archeofili.

"At the time of the construction of the terrace in the backyard, the owner of a house in Denmark discovered a real treasure: more than 18.5 kilos of silver, a thousand years old, spent all that time in the ground. The analysis showed that it was the largest of the well-known Viking treasurers (793–1066)," in the words of Live Science. Read further...

Remarkable archaeological discovery in Denmark: A man found in the courtyard of the largest Viking silver treasurer

During the arrangement of the terrace, a man in Denmark accidentally found more than 18.5 kg of silver about a thousand years old. Archaeologists have called the find the largest known Viking-era silver treasure in the country tsn.ua (news 1+1)

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