Barbarians

A huge deposit in the form of a weapons s acrifice, plus a collection of other riches , was unearthed in Denmark during exploratory excavations connected to an infrastructure project near the village of Hedensted. Dated to the Iron Age , or to roughly 1,500 years ago, the cache included more than 100 weapons in total, big enough to equip a small army. This included dozens of lances, spears, swords and knives along with a set of rare chainmail armor , all of which were recovered from underneath an Iron Age chieftain’s house. The archaeologists also found the remains of tow bronze neck rings called oath rings, which were symbols of power during this period in Danish history . [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"125718","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"400"}}]]