Norway Discovers Largest Viking-Era Treasure, With Over 4,000 Silver Coins Unearthed

About this episode

The episode discusses the discovery of a large treasure trove of Viking-era silver coins in Norway and its historical significance.

Every so often, an archeological discovery is made that helps give us a clearer picture of our timeline of human history. In Norway, a still-expanding treasure trove of silver coins has been discovered dating from the Viking Age. Let’s go through the discovery together—in terms of what was found, and also what light it sheds on the final, volatile decades of the Viking Age.

Topics covered

• archeological discovery
• Viking history
• silver coins
• human history
• Norway

Keywords

• Viking treasure
• silver coins
• archeology
• Norway
• Viking Age
• historical discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Norway

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