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14 Saxon Silver Pennies Found Near Maldon Reveal England’s Viking-Age Anxiety
The small Essex hoard dates to a troubled reign marked by Viking pressure, Danegold payments and political instability in Anglo-Saxon England Ethelred the Unready is once again at the center of England’s Viking-age story after a hoard of 14 Saxon silver pennies was discovered near Maldon in Essex. The coins, struck for King Ethelred II…
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A 9th-Century Woman Buried with Scallop Shells at Her Mouth Baffles Archaeologists in Norway
Archaeologists in central Norway have uncovered a burial unlike anything previously recorded in the country: a 9th-century woman laid to rest with two scallop shells positioned on either side of her mouth, partially covering it like a silent seal. The discovery, made in Trøndelag, has quickly become one of the most enigmatic Viking-Age graves documented…