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New archaeological research reports that Iron and Viking Age households in Scandinavia kept human remains, including those of victims, within domestic spaces. One notable find was a child's skull embedded between floor layers, left in place as people continued walking over it for years.
Gravel excavation workers in northern Austria unearthed a cache of more than 1,000 kilograms of iron bars dating to the second or third century BC, according to a study published in Antiquity. Researchers say it is the largest such hoard ever recorded, containing enough raw metal to forge roughly 500 swords.
A hobbyist using a metal detector in Finland found a large cache of Iron Age silver coins, marking the biggest such hoard ever recorded in the country. Experts have not finished analyzing the find, but the raw silver alone is estimated to be worth close to $10,000 at current prices.