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1400-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Found at Pagan Temple in Norway
Archaeologists have discovered a votive gold hoard during road development works in Vingrom, south of Lillehammer on the shores of Lake Mjøsa Norway.
The 5 gold pieces are tiny, about the size of a fingernail. They are flat and thin as paper, often square, and stamped with a motif. Usually, they depict a man and a woman in various types of clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles.
The objects were discovered in the remains of a pagan temple, where previous excavations have uncovered thirty similar stamped gold objects in the vicinity over the past three decades.
Archaeologist Kathrine Stene was the project leader for the excavation, which has been ongoing along the road here all summer and into autumn, due to the upgrade of the E6 highway between Mjøsa Bridge and Lillehammer.
“It was incredibly exciting,” Kathrine Stene said.
The pagan temple measures around fifteen meters in length. Archaeologists have found five gold foil figures in the last couple of weeks.
According to the researchers, the objects date from the Merovingian era sometime between AD 550 to the Viking Age.
The latest objects were found beneath the structure in the wall runs and in adjacent postholes, suggesting that they were ritually placed as votive offerings in the form of a sacrifice or a religious act to protect the building before it was constructed.
In 1993, the temple at Hov was discovered entirely by chance. County conservator Harald Jacobsen noticed the soil while driving along the E6. He thought it looked like what archaeologists call cultural layers, or soil containing human traces. A quick investigation proved him correct, and the discovery of two gold foil figures indicated that this was no ordinary location.
Smaller excavations during the 2000s led to the discovery of 28 gold foil figures, and what is referred to as a temple, a house for pagan religious practices.
In Norway, findings of gold foil figures are rare. The 35 from the temple in Vingrom represent the largest collection found in this country.
However, 100 gold foil figures were found in a similar temple at Uppåkra in Sweden, and more than 2,500 gold foil figures were found in a field on the Danish island of Bornholm.
So, “There must be more of them here,” researchers believe.
By Oguz Kayra.
#1400-Year-Old Gold Foil Figures Found at Pagan Temple in Norway#Lake Mjøsa Norway#temple at Hov#treasure#gold#gold foil#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#ancient art#Merovingian era#viking era
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If you already aren't getting your security deposit back you could dump grease down the drains, leave nails and nailholes everywhere in the walls, release a snake into the ventilation system. Most of these are unfortunately things best to do if you are planning to move or actually getting ready to move. This is in response to the post about the shoes on the ceiling you rebloged
😂 omg not the vent snakes!!
It'll be a while until we move, but I do hope to escape Texas maybe next year. Our lease just renewed and yeah I'm pretty salty about how much they're raising the rent >;[ Love that it can just go up infinitely without any limits here..
#can't believe that the average Dallas area one bedroom apt is like $1400 now#also I'm very much not in a one bedroom anymore these days. our business wouldn't fit haha#but#to sound like an old timer#back in my day (14ish years ago) when i was going to college in this same area#i had a very nice one bedroom for $650 a month#so#yeah..#my true sympathy for anyone leaving home and starting out these days especially idk what y'all are meant to do to survive
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im going through my once every few months binge of buzzfeed unsolved and other paranormal youtubers while im knitting and i hate how often "loud human footsteps" are put down as undeniable proof of something walking around because you wanna know what also sounds like a fully grown man stomping around in a space where a human shouldnt even be and is active late at night?
we had one of these in an old ass windmill we were staying in in france one time and when i tell you this little thing sounds like a giant man in combat boots on your roof i mean it.
At some point it dragged in a mouse that started to rot (gross) and had maggots growing in it (grosser) and because it was in the cieling it started Raining Maggots Inside (The Grossest). If we hadn't known it was a ferret i wouldve thought we were stuck in some conjuring shit in the french countryside. If you say your remote old building has rotting smells and footsteps its not infested by demons youve got something worse: a fucking creature
#the bee speaks#no hate to ferrets i do actually think theyre adorable#the cherry on top of this is the windmill was 1000 years old and had a creepy as hell room at the end#with the GROSSEST vibes. 10 yr old me was scared to go in levels bad. and in the walls of it was a jar with beef#that had been found during renovations as an ancient protection ritual from 1400 something#UBER haunted building potential. it was far away from the rest of the village with no cell reception even#but no ghouls or whatever just an old builing and A Creature
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Molehill I will die on: Richard III was not a medieval king. This man had mechanical clocks, guns and the printing press. He was born the same year as Leonardo da Vinci for christsake. Richard III was not and never will be a medieval king.
#the 15th century should not be counted as part of the middle ages#if Richard III is medieval than Henry VII is too#Richard III#Wars of the Roses#The Renaissance was full on by the late 1400's#its not medieval anymore#Columbus sails to the new world just a few years after Richard dies at 32 years old#are you really going to look me in the eye and say with a straight face the Columbus was a medieval sailor?#absolutely minor thing I will not back down on#have i been watching one to many documentaries that keep using the word medieval?#yes and I'll keep doing it
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Watching Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End while playing almost exclusively elves in dnd like
#the first couple of episodes made me cry fr#like damn owwie lifespan angst owwie ow :(#frieren: beyond journey's end#thinking abt my 1400 year old elf wizard in their party of mostly like 20ish year olds owwww
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My dad refuses to give me any info on our family except tripling down that we're "French and Iroquois" and my mom doesn't know jack shit beyond "your grandma is Italian and Cherokee?" because her father was heavily abusive and HIS father killed her grandmother and anyways I have no idea how to even begin finding out more about my ancestors so I've decided I'm just celebrating whoever tf is celebrating me
You think the fact that I'm cutting weeds with a machete rn is badass?
You also dealt w breakups by tearing up the most stubborn invasive weeds at 3am in the morning?
You bred animals too and watch the hours I spend cooing and checking and caring for them?
Whoever those people are they're there and watching and celebrating my nonbinary ass and I love that
#my g g g g g uncle from 1400 cheering as i swing a scythe “thats my niephew!!!!!!!”#my g g g g g g g g g cousin from 1200 smiling while i stuff my face w ripe blackberries despite the scratches on my arms#some old fart angry about it all but smiling bc what im up to is everything his wife wanted before she died at like 19 in childbirth#lying under the shade of a tree with thousands of years of memories stretching from me in either direction#even if i cant touch them
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1400 Year Old Live Oak, South Carolina
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UH. GUYS? WHY?? ?
#follower count#1400 followers??? SHIT/??#THATS A LOT OF PEOPLE... AND FOR WHAT LOL...#sorry kings queens and assorted royalty#one day ill come back years later and be like heres my published novel lol buy it and my old mutuals can contact me for a free copy lmfao#anyway im still not writing wizard101 or pirate101 fanfiction im busy being cringe and writing more than i ever had with said cringe <3 oop#bye dad's goin to go get more milk now aka just posting wizardposting and random writing things and maybe queer shit
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Maybe Asguardians age like dogs lmao, 4 years to a normal year. Jotunn are the opposite - 4 years to a notmal year. Loki uses the World Tree standard year while Thor is like “yes this is my fourth birthday this month i will not elaborate” and both are for the drama.
if they use Asgardian years on Asgard and there are 4 birthdays in a year that means Thor is actually only *checks watch* around 300 years old
#thor keeps exaggerating how old he is because he thinks it makes him hot btw#thor like yeah im 1500 ;D and loki like long suffering sigh he's actually 1400. which in your years is just above 350 years old#loki using standard units while thor is out here being american-esque#all of asgard out here being american-esque with their units of measurement#smh
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/ I know they are two very different figures, BUTBUT! I couldn’t help but think about this belief about C.onstantine,, and how as a legend it was believed he would come back to rule once again as his body was not found (even tho historians agree that he died in the battle that lead to the fall of Constantinople) and this is just like that popular belief about King Arthur, and how he as well would return once again to be king at the time his people will need him the most-
#; 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐗𝐈 ; about.#; 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐗𝐈 ; headcanons.#;headcanons#;about#headcanons#they also share the grief of a fallen empire/kingdom#yet also share that will; that need to keep moving forward#how c.amelot fell with his death; how the fall of c.onstantinople oficially fell with c.onstantine#tho there's that difference that the byzantine empire was already crumbling by the time c.onstantine got to the throne#it was just a matter of time most probably#or well; what was the 'new rome' never truly got to return to that state that was so admired of the 'old rome' and the 'grandeur' it once ha#*had#also a curious thing;; when l.ancelot was introduced to the arthurian legends; it was around the 12th century#and c.onstantine lived around the 15th century#note that l.ancelot was a later addition to the tales#so a.rthurian legends content is turbo old#;ooc#ooc#the printing press was invented around the 1400's something;; tho wood blocks were a thing by then since much earlier years#im now going off the rails with this but imagine if he had read the tales of arthur
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1,400-Year-Old Treasure Stash Found Under Playground in China
Underneath the playground of a school in China, archaeologists uncovered ruins of a 1,400-year-old settlement that included dozens of storage pits and thousands of artifacts.
Archaeologists excavated the playground of an elementary school in the eastern coastal city of Ningbo ahead of planned construction, the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in an Oct. 10 news release.
The excavations uncovered 65 pits, eight wells and several other structures all over 1,400 years old, the release said. Archaeologists identified the ruins as part of a settlement.
In one storage pit, archaeologists found 796 copper coins in tied-up stacks. A photo shows the stash of muddy coins with square holes in the center. In one of the wells, they unearthed 1,682 more coins.
Based on the number of coins and their style of burial, archaeologists concluded the treasures were buried as an emergency measure by residents who feared a disaster was coming, the release said. The age and location of the coins match — and might be linked to — a period of rebellion and famine in the sixth century A.D.
Archaeologists also found preserved plants in one of the pits. The plant remains included bamboo, gourds, peach pits and a large number of acorns. A photo shows what remains of these nuts.
The other pits and wells contained pottery fragments, tiles, altars, washbasins and other artifacts, archaeologists said. Two lamps, part of a bronze chandelier, were also uncovered, a photo shows.
The artifacts mainly date from the Han dynasty, a period from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D., and the Six Dynasties, a period from 220 A.D. to 589 A.D, according to the release and Encyclopedia Britannica.
Ningbo is in Zhejiang province and about 135 miles south of Shanghai.
By ASPEN PFLUGHOEFT.
#1400-Year-Old Treasure Stash Found Under Playground in China#Ningbo China#han dynasty#six dynasties#ancient coins#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#ancient china#chinese history
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A 1400-year-old Ginkgo tree found within the walls of the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple, in the Zhongnan Mountains region of China.
#Ginkgo tree#tree#yellow#nature#china#Zhongnan Mountains#temple#buddhist temple#Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple#scenery
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man cora is growing on me a lot. low key think she's gonna be indy's bestie.
#i think reyes romance is gonna be my default for indy bc bad boy with a secksi accent#but cora is a by the books hard ass while indy is. absolutely not.#indy loves chaos and causing problems#but in a fun way#like starting bar fights with the 1400 year old krogan
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Hamas says Gaza mosque destroyed, urges UNESCO to save heritage
The Great Omari Mosque has been reduced to rubble, with only its ancient minaret standing, according to images released by the Palestinian group.
The Othman bin Qashqar Mosque, also in Gaza City, was hit by air raids on Thursday, Hamas said. It also condemned the destruction of the Hammam al-Samara, the last Turkish-style bath in the territory, where Gaza Palestinians had bathed for more than 1,000 years.
The Palestinian group, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, said three churches had also been destroyed, including the 1,000-year-old Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, the oldest still active in the territory.
This is the al-Umari Mosque, the oldest mosque in the Gaza Strip. It’s around 1400 years older than Israel.
Israel bombed it.
Since the beginning of its genocide of the Gaza Strip, Israel has knocked down mosques, churches, schools, universities, restaurants & hotels.
— Maha Hussaini (@MahaGaza) December 8, 2023
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#yellow leafs#art#nature#aesthetic#photography#thoughts#good mood#beautiful#good vibe#dreams#beautiful colors#1400 years old tree#tourists#gingko tree#china#traveling
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1400-year-old gingko tree sheds its leaves.
Ha ha! Stupid nature.
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