As the Tillema family walked towards the beach during their summer vacation, summer on the picturesque island of Gotland in Sweden, a unexpected discovery left everyone amazed.
Bruno, a curious 8-year-old child, made a revelation that seemed to come out of an adventure story: he spotted an intriguing-looking metallic object.
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Later, what could be mistaken for a simple stone turned out to be something much more remarkable: an ancient Viking belt buckle, dating from a period dating back to the years 800 to 1100 AD. W.
At that moment, the boy's curious gaze fixed on the shiny buckle, but he had no idea what was in front of his eyes.
Andreas, the boy's father, explained it by saying that it looked like a belt buckle and he hadn't paid much attention to the object.
The child walked around with that artifact without knowing its precious historical value, as his father reported, thinking it was just a stone.
With curiosity at an all-time high and the growing suspicion that that “strange object” could be something big, historical value, the adults in the family decided to seek guidance from a relative with knowledge skilled.
A video call later provided clarity on the nature of the object. To everyone's surprise, it turned out that the object was, in fact, a belt buckle meticulously carved in the shape of an animal's head and richly decorated.
(Image: Reproduction/Andreas Tillema)
Therese Lindström, the cultural environment manager at the Gotland County Administrative Council, clarified that both buckles are made of bronze and date from the late Iron Age or early from the Viking Age.
She also highlighted that items depicting animal heads are often associated with tombs. females on Gotland, while ring buckles are found in graves belonging to both men and women. women.
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