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A RECENT ONCE IN A DECADE DISCOVERY

Split image of hands holding coins over dig site


A European woman recently stumbled upon buried treasure
from the Middle Ages in what archaeologists are calling a

once-in-a-decade discovery.

In a press release that was translated into English, the
Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
explained that the treasure was found by a woman walking
in Kutná Hora. The town is located in the Central Bohemian
Region of
the Czech Republic.
FOX NEWS

Split image of excavators digging in coin-filled soil
Experts say the treasure discovery is one of the largest
archaeological finds of the past ten years. 

Archaeologists using metal detector on soil
Archaeologists are working diligently to analyze and
archive all of the silver coins found, before putting
them on display.

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COINS FROM VIKING TREASURE FOUND

Coins from the treasures

(FOXNEWS) – Around 300 pieces of silver from two Viking treasures,
with approximately 50 whole coins, were found last fall in a Danish
field at Bramslev.

The coins were located around fives miles away from the Viking
castle Fyrkat, and date back to more than a thousand years ago.

The treasures were found less than 164 feet apart, containing
the coins and cut-up silver jewelry.
 

North Jutland Museums said in a statement that the treasures
probably served as a means of payment by weight.

The rare trove was reportedly unearthed by a young girl with
a metal
detector

A cross coin

North Jutland Museum - Larry Speck
North Jutland Art Museum in Denmark.

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