Full storyWhile hiking across the mountain plateau that runs between western and eastern Norway, Goran Olsen sat down to take a break. That’s when he spotted a rusty sword blade lying under some rocks on the well-traveled mountain path. Archaeologists have identified Olsen’s find as a type of Viking sword made circa A.D. 750. That makes it some 1,265 years old, though the scientists have warned this is not an exact date.
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Hiker Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway
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Hiker Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway
Some people are so freakin' lucky!!
Re: Hiker Discovers 1,200-Year-Old Viking Sword in Norway
Wow.
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