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Your use of Yahoo! =
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subject to the Yahoo! =
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Service.
Researchers =
zero in on=20
'new' Viking ship
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=3D=
652358

Pulse=20
levels are rising among Norwegian researchers who think they may =
have
found=20
the country's fourth intact Viking ship buried in a mound =
near
Toensberg. The=20
site is just next to the spot where the famed Gokstad ship
was found =
in=20
1880.

Researchers from the University of Oslo have been using =
radar to=20
examine the
Viking burial site. Photos have revealed an oval shape =
lying=20
about a meter
under the pile of stones atop the mound, called a =
gravroeysa in=20
Norwegian.
Newspaper VG reported Tuesday that the pictures may denote =
another=20
Viking
longship buried with its owners' possessions in the =
traditional=20
manner.
Researchers also think the ship may be intact. Clay in the =
area=20
preserved
the Gokstad ship for more than a thousand years, so it's =
entirely=20
possible
that conditions have allowed the perservation of another =
ship as=20
well.
The Gokstad Ship, now the crown jewel in Oslo's Viking Ships =
Museum on=20
the
Bygdoey peninsula, was found just a kilometer-and-a-half away. It =

measured
22 meters long by five meters wide and belonged to a =
powerful Viking=20
queen
who died in 834.
Archaeologist Trude Aga Brun of Vestfold =
County=20
wants to examine the site as
soon as possible. She said officials =
will try to=20
undertake a focused
excavation this autumn. "If we're lucky, we'll =
find some=20
woodwork," she told
VG.
Many Viking ship graves have been found in =
Norway=20
over the years, but most
of the vessels had rotted away and graves =
also had=20
been plundered in earlier
centuries.

From another list: 

http://www.iwcp.=
co.uk/fullstory.asp?storyid=3D1
By=20
Richard Wright
A RARE gold sword belt ornament which could have =
belonged to=20
the seventh
century Saxon king, Caedwalla, has been found on an =
Island beach=20
- and there
could be another hidden under the sands.

Discovery =
of the=20
intricate gold decoration encrusted with garnets is
regarded as being =

especially historically significant because it could have
belonged to =
the=20
king reputed to have put a quarter of the Island population
to the =
sword in=20
his attempt to convert them to Christianity.
Enthusiast Darren =
Trickey, 21,=20
had gone out for a few minutes with his metal
detector when he came =
across=20
the find of a lifetime on the beach at
Bembridge.
Removal man =
Darren, of=20
Dennett Road, Bembridge, said: "It glowed like it was
brand new when =
I dug it=20
up.
"I'm told it could be worth up to =A330,000 and I would love it =
if the=20
IW
Council's museum service would bid for it because it would be =
great to=20
see
it displayed on the Island with my name underneath it.
"I have =
been=20
detecting since I was ten and have found coins and items of
modern =
jewellery=20
but nothing like this. It is fantastic."
At an inquest on Tuesday, =
Island=20
coroner John Matthews declared the artefact
treasure trove, which =
will enable=20
museums to buy it from Darren.
IW Council archaeological officer =
Frank=20
Basford told Tuesday's inquest the
spectacular gold pyramidal sword =
belt=20
fitting was the most important
artefact to have been found on the =
Island=20
since the excavation of Anglo
Saxon cemeteries of Bowcombe Down and =
Chessell=20
Down in the mid 19th century.
"The gold fitting has an octagonal base =
and is=20
decorated with 16 panels
divided into cells. Originally these were =
inlaid=20
with garnets, only one of
which now survives.
"At the base is a =
bar=20
through which a leather strap would have been
threaded.
"The eigth =
century=20
historian, the Venerable Bede, credits Caedwalla with
converting the =
Jutish=20
population of the Island to Christianity.
"If this is the case his =
conversion=20
methods sound rather drastic, as the
Island is chronicled as having =
accepted=20
Christianity some 25 years earlier
when it was ruled by the South=20
Saxons.
"As it was found on the beach it may have been dropped by =
someone=20
visiting
or even invading the Island.
"We can be confident its =
owner was=20
of very high rank. The sword belt fitting
is particularly fine and =
its=20
octagonal form makes it a unique example. It is
possible it belonged =
to=20
Caedwalla himself and it is also possible there is
another under the =
beach=20
because they were worn as pairs."
=B7 When other metal detecting =
enthusiasts=20
had packed up and gone home, Terry
Orme's persistence paid off with =
the=20
discovery of an important 15th century
ring, which could have royal=20
significance.
An inquest decided that the ring, dug up from a =
Godshill field,=20
was treasure
trove, which opens the way for a museum to buy it and =
put the=20
ring on
display.
Half the proceeds of several thousand pounds =
would go to=20
Mr Orme, 54, of
Main Road, Havenstreet, and half to the =
landowner.
But if=20
the British Museum or the IW Council do not want the 95 per cent =
pure
silver=20
gilt ring, tomato picker Mr Orme said he would like to be able to =
pay
the=20
landowner for his half and have the ring for=20
himself.