pre-Viking

By Michael Wing/ Epoch Times On the large island of Zealand, located in eastern Denmark, two amateur archaeologists fortuitously decided to bring their metal detector along with them on a stroll through a field one evening. While on their walk, the metal detector’s alarm sounded, and the pair from the small town of Svebølle, Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen, made a startling discovery: They dug into the earth, about a foot underground, and uncovered what appeared to be one end of a sword. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"55622","attributes":{"alt":"Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen with the 3,000-year-old sword they discovered. (Courtesy of Museum Vestsjælland)","class":"media-image","height":"458","style":"width: 610px; height: 458px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen with the 3,000-year-old sword they discovered. (Courtesy of Museum Vestsjælland) Believing that it might