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A Hiker in Norway Found an Elite Warrior’s Golden Sword Ornament. It Was Likely a Sacrifice to the Gods Made During a Time of Turmoil
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- Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent
- Suddenly, he saw something that glittered, the man says in a translated statement from the University of Stavanger in Norway.
- Likely originating from the sixth century C.E., it was a golden artifact that once may have fit on the scabbard of a warrior leader’s sword.
Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent
Add as preferred source. The golden artifact, a sword scabbard fitting perhaps belonging to an elite warrior leader Annette Græsli Øvrelid, Archaeological Museum, University of Stavanger. A storm along the coast of southwestern Norway likely uprooted the tree, resting on a mound of earth, that recently caught the eye of a man out on a walk. With a stick, the hiker poked at the debris—and uncovered something very old.
Suddenly, he saw something that glittered, the man says in a translated statement from the University of Stavanger in Norway. But he didn’t quite understand what he had found.
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