Overview

• Construction work near Lisbjerg, seven kilometers north of Aarhus, accidentally revealed the site, which contained pearls, coins, ceramics and a decorated box with gold-thread filigree and scissors from a female grave.
• Archaeologists identified around 30 graves dating to the latter half of the 10th century, when King Harald Bluetooth ruled, and linked them to a noble family whose farm was found nearby in the 1980s.
• One of the female graves held a remarkably rare box of decorative objects and scissors, with only two comparable caskets previously recorded in Europe.
• Wooden artefacts recovered from the site will undergo scientific testing to establish a precise construction date for the burials.
• Researchers plan to analyze the full range of artefacts to uncover details about Viking noble burial rites and regional trade networks.