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College student in Denmark uses metal detector to discover ancient jewelry
A 22-year-old college student in Denmark uncovered an ancient find that turned out to be much larger than originally thought.
This past spring, Gustav Bruunsgaard, an archaeology student from Aarhus University, took his metal detector to a field near Elsted, where previous excavations had uncovered objects dating back to the Viking Age.
While Bruunsgaard was scouring the land, his metal detector went off. He began to dig in the detected area and found a silver arm ring, according to a translated press release published by the Moesgaard Museum.
An archaeology student from Denmark discovered several silver pieces of jewelry dating back to the Viking Age while searching through a field with his metal detector. (Moesgaard/Poul Madsen Moesgaard)
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The ancient silver arm ring turned out to be just the start of more findings. Upon returning to the location a few days later, Bruunsgaard found six more pieces of ancient jewelry.
Since then, Danish and international experts have further investigated the jewelry, which they have dated back to the early days of the Viking Age, around 800 A.D., according to the museum.
The seven silver pieces found by Bruunsgaard totaled more than half a kilogram in total weight and are thought to have been used as a form of payment during the Viking Age, having been traded for other goods.
The jewelry found has been dated back to the Viking Age. (Moesgaard/Poul Madsen Moesgaard)
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Kasper H. Andersen, PhD and historian at Moesgaard Museum, called the discovery “a fantastically interesting find from the Viking Age, which connects Aarhus with Russia and Ukraine in the east and the British islands in the west,” per the press release. “In this way, the find emphasizes how Aarhus was a central hub in the world of the Vikings, which went all the way from the North Atlantic to Asia.”
The Viking Age was a period full of traveling by sea, according to the National Museum of Denmark’s website. During that time, the Vikings left Scandinavia, and engaged in raids, trade and conquering land.
Of the silver pieces recently discovered dating back to this time, three of the band-shaped, heavily stamped rings in particular inspired a very similar design created in Ireland, where the style became popular, the Moesgaard Museum noted in their release.
The silver jewelry found is thought to have been used as a form of payment used for trading thousands of years ago. (Moesgaard Museum/Poul Madsen Moesgaard Museum)
One of the rings, which takes the shape of a coil or compacted spring, maintains a similar style to those originally from Russia or Ukraine, according to the museum, whereas the three bangles with a very smooth, simple design are known to have originated in Scandinavia and England.
Currently, the silver treasure is on display at the Moesgaard Museum and will later be transferred to the National Museum of Denmark.
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One of the leading American institutes devoted to research on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program sounded an alarm this week over the regime’s uninspected underground site in the Zagros Mountains.
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have not been allowed to visit the secret site, known as Pickaxe Mountain.
The highly fortified facility is casting serious doubt on Iran’s willingness to abide by the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) reached with the Trump administration. The United States, together with Israel, launched Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28, 2026, targeting Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities.
Experts from the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) argue that halting work at Pickaxe Mountain and allowing IAEA inspectors access would be a key good-faith measure to test whether Iran is prepared to abandon its pattern of deception.
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A satellite image shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex in Natanz. (Vantor/Handout via Reuters)
Spencer Faragasso, a senior fellow with the group who covers Iran, North Korea, illicit trade, and nuclear issues, wrote on X: “Important update by us at @TheGoodISIS. The ongoing work at Pickaxe Mountain is deeply concerning. This work has continued steadily since at least 2020. In my view, this is a hedge by Iran in case negotiations fail — they will then have a nuclear facility in a late stage of construction. We assessed that Pickaxe is likely large enough to hold an enrichment plant.”
Iran has used facilities at Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan to enrich uranium, the key material for a nuclear weapons program.
Faragasso added, “If Iran is serious about negotiating, it should halt construction at Pickaxe Mountain as a token of good faith. But what can be expected from a regime as brutal and conniving as Iran’s?”
The institute posted a detailed analysis of new satellite imagery from late June 2026 showing continued activity at Pickaxe Mountain.
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The institute wrote that “at Pickaxe Mountain, vehicle activity can be seen on the roads leading to the open set of Western tunnel portals, indicating that construction inside the tunnel complex, as well as hardening of the tunnel entrance, are ongoing. The MOU signed between the United States and Iran requires that Iran maintain the status quo, which should prohibit construction at any nuclear-related facility, including Pickaxe Mountain.”
In late June, the IAEA declined to answer a detailed Fox News Digital query on whether it would seek access to the Pickaxe Mountain facility. According to the satellite imagery obtained by the institute, “at Natanz, little activity can be seen. The access points to the below-ground enrichment halls have not been repaired.
“The personnel entrances remain destroyed, and vehicle entrances remain severely damaged. A single vehicle can be seen on the road outside of the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP), which was destroyed in June 2025 but was later covered by Iran.”
As U.S.-Iran talks opened Sunday in Switzerland, and a dispute over who controls and monitors billions of dollars in potentially unfrozen Iranian assets emerged. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via Reuters)
The institute also reported, “As of June 29, 2026, there is no observed activity at Esfahan. The tunnel portals remain backfilled with dirt.” ISIS tracked developments at the Fordow site, buried inside a mountain north of the holy Islamic city of Qom.
“At Fordow, as earlier reported by the Institute, between May 10 and May 18, Iran added passive defensive measures in the form of earthen/rocky mounds and other objects on the roads leading to the tunnel entrances. The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.”
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The institute added, “The June 21 Vantor image shows that the objects along the road remain there. The tunnel portals also remain backfilled with dirt” at Fordow.
Fox News Digital sent questions to the State Department and the Iranian Mission to the United Nations.
Published On 6 Jul 2026
The funeral procession for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Tehran as authorities prepare for crowds that could rival those that turned out for his predecessor nearly four decades ago.
After lying in state for two days at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla religious complex, the body of Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the United States-Israel war on Iran, began its journey on Monday through the capital, accompanied by large crowds of mourners, state broadcaster IRIB reported.
Authorities are hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaos that marred the 1989 funeral of Khamenei’s predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini, which drew an estimated 10 million people, according to the state news agency IRNA.
Crowd surges during Khomeini’s funeral killed more than 10 people and injured over 10,000.
Thousands filled the Grand Mosalla on Sunday to pay their respects to Khamenei and his four family members who were killed with him on February 28 in air strikes on his office in Tehran.
Monday’s procession will be followed by similar events in the clerical hub of Qom on Tuesday and in Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Wednesday, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in his hometown of Mashhad in northeastern Iran on Thursday.
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