The ancient golden treasure rewriting Danish history BBC REEL

A chance discovery is shedding new light on early Norse history, after two old schoolfriends, armed only with a metal detector stumbled across a gold treasure trove. More than 20 gold artefacts, weighing almost a kilo, were found buried in a field in the Danish village of Vindelev. Hidden for almost 1, 500 years, the treasure includes Roman medallions and ornate pendants called bracteates some as large as a saucer. There are mysterious inscriptions and neverseenbefore runes, which researchers think are some of the earliest references to Norse gods. So could Vindelev have been the seat of power for a previously unknown Iron Age king or chieftain Video by Adrienne Murray James Brooks Commissioned by Dan John Subscribe to BBC Reel: More videos: , bbc, bbcreel, bbcnews