Viking swords forged from metal so advanced the technique was lost for 800 years. #history #vikings #ancienthistory | Intriguing Archaeology

9.9K views · 57 reactions | Two metal detectorists stole a £3m Viking hoard that experts say has the potential to "rewrite history". George Powell and Layton Davies dug up about 300 coins in a field in Eye, near Leominster, Herefordshire, in 2015. They did not declare the 1,100-year-old find, said to be one of the biggest to date, and instead sold it to dealers. bbc.in/2D6nxJw | BBC Birmingham | Facebook