gold bracteates

Above A total of 23 pieces of goldwork were discovered in the hoard. There was some damage from the plough, but it also seems that some objects were deliberately bent or ritually destroyed.

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The Vindelev Hoard: power and gold before the Vikings

A newly discovered hoard of gold was buried in Vindelev in the 6th century. Why? And what can its regal riches reveal about power and religion in Denmark before the Vikings? Mads Ravn shares what we know so far.