Among the multitude of sciences, there is one that overshadows and attracts. This is archaeology.
Archaeologists devote their entire lives to this science. For 30 years, Arthur Evans has been excavating the Manian civilization.
And there are archaeologists whose luck is hard to believe. The Dane Olle Ginerup turned out to be such a lucky one.
Olle did not sink to the bottom of the ocean, and did not wander under the sun in the desert. One can only dream of such luck.
The man just bought a metal detector.
Who would have thought that with his discovery he would hit the jackpotProbably, men should periodically engage in treasure hunting.
Which is what our hero did. It all happened near the city of Jelling.
With a metal detector in hand, Olle Ginerup decided to visit his classmate who lived next door.
On the way to his friend, Olle managed to find a real ancient treasure.
The man spent only two hours and found a historical value that archaeologists spend decades on.
The metal detector worked unexpectedly and he saw an old bent piece of metal.
At first, Olle thought it was an old tin can.
However, he became curious and began to clean the jar of dirt. It turned out that this was not a jar at all, but an iron box, inside of which there was clearly something.
Having opened it, the man was in amazement. A golden medallion lay there. However, it wasn’t all.
The metal detector continued to signal. Having dug up the ground a little, Olle pulled out a pile of gold to the surface. In total, almost a kilogram of gold lay underground.
As scientists later established, it lay there for almost 1500 years. Gold consisted of medallions, pendants and bracelets, as well as coins.
In addition to the fact that the find was valuable as capital, it also represented a historical value.
All decorations are exquisite, made with a very delicate taste. Scientists from all over the world were brought in to study this treasure.
Many new lines have been inscribed in the history of the world. A man’s head was carved on one of the coins. Most likely this was the head of the Scandinavian god Odin.
A coin was also found depicting the Roman emperor Constantine, who lived at that time. Medallions were mainly decorated with horses and runes.
Based on these finds, we can conclude how far the influence of Ancient Rome spread.
It is not known who and why buried this gold. Maybe it was a tribute to the gods.
Maybe they hid the gold from enemies, or maybe someone just forgot the place where he buried it.
Scholars believe that the treasure cache may have belonged to a local leader or noble who buried it in the ground around 536 AD.
As a result, specialists worked at this place for more than six months. They found rare artifacts, amazing in their beauty – medallions, coins, bracelets.
These pieces of jewelry are cast using a unique ancient technique.
According to archaeologists, some artifacts and runic inscriptions refer to the rulers of that time, although some of the finds are also related to Scandinavian mythology.
Now these finds can be seen in the National Museum of Denmark.
According to representatives of the museum, in total, more than 40 kilograms of gold buried during the Iron Age were found in Denmark.
The treasure found by Schitz will be displayed at the Viking exhibition at the Vejle Museum.
Unwittingly, an amateur archaeologist found a historical value that became known to the whole world, making him famous.
