Archaeologists Unearth Trove of Viking Age Jewelry in SwedenThe 1,000-year-old neck rings, finger rings, pearls and coins were in near-pristine conditionArchaeologists in Sweden have unearthed a once-in-a-lifetime trove of jewelry dating back an estimated 1,000 years to the Viking Age.Researchers with the National Historical Museums in Sweden were digging at a Viking Age settlement in Viggbyholm, a neighborhood north of Stockholm, when they stumbled upon a small ceramic pot tucked beneath the remnants of a building’s wooden floors.“When I started to carefully remove the neck rings one by one, I had this extraordinary feeling of, ‘They just keep coming and coming.’”The researchers believe people lived at the settlement for several hundred years, starting around 400 C.E.Some originated in Europe—probably from regions like Bohemia, Bavaria and England—while others were Arabic coins called dirhams.Researchers don’t know why the historic owners chose to hide the jewelry, though they say people have a tendency to bury valuable items underground during periods of unrest or tumult."