1,200 Year Old Viking Sword Discovered On Norwegian Mountain

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[FONT=&quot]Reindeer hunters in Norway were surprised to find an amazingly well-preserved Viking sword while they were hunting in a high altitude area....[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The sword was wedged between two rocks on a plain filled with the small rocks that pepper the Norwegian countryside, known as scree. Though the blade was rusted, and any organic material that was attached to it like leather straps or bone and wood adornments had rotted away years ago, it was remarkably well preserved. The extreme cold and low pressure may have prevented further rusting or degradation from occurring. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Why the Viking was traveling in this desolate countryside, and how the sword, an incredibly valuable tool and commodity at the time, came to be left there, we will never know, but researchers theorize that it may have been left there after a Viking got lost during a particularly horrible blizzard.[/FONT]

The article says that popular theories have it being left behind by a swordsman lost on the mountain but it's position and the fact that blades of that era in Scandinavia were worth their weight in gold makes me think it was done purposefully, as either a marker of some sort or a tribute in a religious ceremony. What think all of you?

 

[gman4tide]

Don't know what to think, other than that is really, really cool! I mean, I picked up a small "rock" a couple weeks ago that I thought was interesting. Took some pics of it and sent to a geologist(?) guy I know that teaches at aum and he replied "that is a piece of limestone tempered potery. It dates between 100bc and 1000ad. Most like about 300-400ad". I just thought that was cool. It don't touch a sword!

 

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Don't know what to think, other than that is really, really cool! I mean, I picked up a small "rock" a couple weeks ago that I thought was interesting. Took some pics of it and sent to a geologist(?) guy I know that teaches at aum and he replied "that is a piece of limestone tempered potery. It dates between 100bc and 1000ad. Most like about 300-400ad". I just thought that was cool. It don't touch a sword!

That's super cool!

I can't believe how good the sword's condition is. The fact that he held it outward by the hilt and it didn't immediately snap at the fulcrum is astounding.

 

[NatchezTider]

ragnar must've lost it

 

[AlexanderFan]

Marks a Viking treasure of beard conditioner.


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[bamachile]

Viking? Probably on a drunken tear after losing the Super Bowl again.

 

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Viking? Probably on a drunken tear after losing the Super Bowl again.

That's how long the Vikings have been garbage.


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[CrimsonTheory]

Am I the only one that would have raise the sword and scream out loud, "I have the power?"

Just me....ok.

Pretty cool story, nonetheless.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

And then there this:

LINK

 

[92tide]

And then there this:

LINK

but they didn't answer the most important question, was she hawt

 

[Elefantman]

but they didn't answer the most important question, was she hawt

NOPE

 

[92tide]

NOPE

giggity

 

[CharminTide]

The article says that popular theories have it being left behind by a swordsman lost on the mountain but it's position and the fact that blades of that era in Scandinavia were worth their weight in gold makes me think it was done purposefully, as either a marker of some sort or a tribute in a religious ceremony. What think all of you?

I'm gonna go with it marking the entrance to Svartalfheim, presumably where Chris Hemsworth slumbers between movies.

 

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I'm gonna go with it marking the entrance to Svartalfheim, presumably where Chris Hemsworth slumbers between movies.

lol. It was the lever used to open the secret entrance and now that it's been removed Chris is locked in there with no way out.

 

[CharminTide]

lol. It was the lever used to open the secret entrance and now that it's been removed Chris is locked in there with no way out.

I'll save him.

 

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I'll save him.

Bruh, take away the blue font. Chris Hemsworth is so attractive I occasionally doubt myself.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

NOPE

Actually, the first thing I thought of was Wagner's Valkyries...