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Viking Treasure

  • August 14, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

While exploring a field in northern Denmark with his metal detector, 16-year-old Michael Stokbro Larsen found 60 rare Viking-era coins. Experts say the cross motif on the coins links them to Norse King Harald Bluetooth, who’s said to have brought Christianity to his people.

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