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The ring, preserved at the Swedish history museum, became known as the "Allah ring" because of the pseudo-Kufic inscription found on the ring's glass that resembles the word Allah (Arabic: الله). While other rings were found at the Birka excavations, the "Allah ring" was the only one that had this type of inscription.
Dr Geake has chosen five rings that have crossed her desk in 2024, each one revealing more about the people who lived in the county in centuries past. 1. A Roman ring depicting the goddess Diana
Lindblom's father was a landowner and a schoolmaster in Sweden. Born and raised in an iron and copper region, he had a fundamental knowledge of mining. His father had died when Erik was young and his mother struggled to support the family. Lindblom found work as a tailor and travelled around Europe for work, finally ending up in London.
The hoard includes almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, [8] [1] totalling 5.094 kg (11.23 lb) of gold and 1.442 kg (3.18 lb) of silver, with 3,500 cloisonné garnets [6] [9] and is the largest treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver objects discovered to date, eclipsing, at least in quantity, the 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) hoard found in the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.
To get a sense of how unglamorous it was, here are 11 historical photos of treasure seekers who gave it their all in pursuit of gold. 1. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (1885)
Nielsen had stumbled upon a rare gold ring from over 1,400 years ago, museum officials said in a Feb. 19 news release. The large ring had a red semi-precious stone in the center surrounded by a ...
On Friday 16 July 1999, a team of reporters from the Swedish television TV4 were in the socken of Othem on Gotland to film a cultural feature from Almedalen Week.They chose to do a segment on the problem with looting of archaeological sites with archaeologist Jonas Ström acting as their guide along with Kenneth Jonsson, a professor of numismatics, who happened to be on the island at that time ...
An amateur archaeologist discovered a 1,000-year-old ring near the Scottish shore, providing valuable insights into the Pictish kingdom's history.