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A 1,000-year-old Viking burial site, likely belonging to a noble family attached to the court of King Harald Bluetooth himself, has been uncovered in a small Danish village. The 10th century site, containing 30 graves, has also revealed a box of marvels - containing pearls, coins, ceramics, and a box with a gold thread, thought to have once belonged to a formidable noblewoman. Located in Lisbjerg, a small village north of Aarhus, Denmark, the site has been under excavation by Moesgaard Museum archaeologists, who reported it earlier this week. “The burial ground is most likely associated with the large man's farm in Lisbjerg from the Viking Age, which is less than a kilometer from the burial ground. The objects we