The Viking Sword
The finder holding the sword, just moments after it was discovered. Photo: Einar Åmbakk
More at linkOn Friday, we received the incredible news that a sword had been found at high altitude in our county. The discovery was made during reindeer hunting. The pictures accompanying the news were just stunning. One of them showed a hunter holding an extremely well preserved Viking sword.
Our minds were racing, but the immediate thought was that we had to inspect the find spot as quickly as possible. The question was whether this was an isolated find, or if there could be more artefacts here. After consulting with the Museum of Cultural History and the National Park authorities, two members of the Secrets of the Ice team visited the find spot yesterday, together with two of the reindeer hunters (including the finder Einar Åmbakk), a local metal detectorist and a local archaeologist. The group set out from a summer farm and reached the finds area after three hours of brisk walking up the mountain in strong wind.
http://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/09 ... ing-sword/
Just thought it was a nice specimen. Seems like perhaps someone stuck there in the rocks as a marker. Must not have worked too well. Or even, if it was placed blade up as it was found, someone may have fell on it as a suicide.
