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The Siljan Ring (Swedish: Siljansringen) is a prehistoric impact structure in Dalarna, central Sweden. [1] It is one of the 15 largest known impact structures on Earth and the largest in Europe , with a diameter of about 52 kilometres (32 mi).
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.
Moving to the 17th Century and a ring found near Merton offers insight into the funeral rituals of people in the Stuart era. Dr Geake says: "Mourning rings were made to remember the person who ...
Varna necropolis, grave offerings on exhibit at the Varna Museum. The site was accidentally discovered in October 1972 by excavator operator Raycho Marinov. The first person to value the significant historical meaning was Dimitar Zlatarski, the creator of the Dalgopol Historical Museum, when he was called by the locals to examine what they had found earlier that day.
Additionally, other artifacts found around Emmerlev provided evidence that the area had contact with the Merovingians, the museum said. The 1,400-year-old gold ring found in Emmerlev as seen from ...
Priam's Treasure is a cache of gold and other artifacts discovered by classical archaeologists Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlık on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey. The majority of the artifacts are currently in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
The ring, with a distinctive bison symbol, showed archaeologists that ancient people were more intelligent than previously thought. 5,000-year-old silver ring found in Oman gives peek into ancient ...
Copper, gold and iron have been mined in Sweden since the Middle Ages. For instance, the Falun copper mine in the Bergslagen district had been mined for over 700 years at the time of its closure in the 1990s. Historically, the Bergslagen area has had the most extensive mining—with over 3000 ore workings in the 18th and 19th centuries.