In today’s episode, Giselle talks all about Viking gold! For the Vikings, gold was rare. So what happens when archaeologists uncover massive gold neck-rings, ornate bird pins, or thousands of grams of pure gold buried in Danish forests and bogs?

Giselle is also joined by Viking expert Dr. Tom Horne to dive into 6 of the most incredible Viking Age gold discoveries of all time!

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Source Materials:

Alamy

Nordjyske Museer

Lennart Larsen, National Museum of Denmark

Herefordshire Hoard phorographs provided by Herefordshire Council

Hoenskatten 1834 Bilde 1 by Ove Holst, Kulturhistorisk Museum (2025), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoenskatten_1834_Bilde_1.jpg via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Parts of the Hon hoard found in 1834 in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud in the south-east of Norway, by Wolfmann / Kulturhistorisk Museum (2020), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cultural_History_(historisk)_Museum_Oslo_VIKINGR_Norwegian_Viking-Age_Exhib_02_Hon_Hoard_(Hoenskatten)_Gold_treasure_875-900_(1)_Neck_arm_rings_Frankish_jewelry_Arabian_coins_w_loops_Necklace_glass_beads_Roman_gemstone_English_ring_619.jpg via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Trefliket frankisk beslag av gull fra Hoenskatten. Trefoil Frankish mount of gold from the Hoenskatten treasure. By Mona Knudsen, Kulturhistorisk Museum (2025). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoenskatten_1834_Gullbeslag_Bilde_4.jpg via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Photo: Senior Curator at National Museums Scotland, Martin Goldberg, looking at objects from the Viking age Galloway Hoard. By National Museum Scotland (2021). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/NMSGallowayHoard1_PF1040456_900x673_96dpi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Photo: Galloway Hoard. By National Museums Scotland / Johnbod (2021). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NMSGallowayHoard4_PF1034117_674x900_96dpi_(cropped).jpg via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Photo: The rock crystal jar. Photo © Neil Hanna

Photo: Galloway Hoard. By National Museums Scotland https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NMSGallowayHoard5_pectoral_cross_900x682_96dpi_(cropped).jpg

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