London: The scientists have discovered a 1,000-year-old Viking toolbox in a mysterious, ring-shaped fortress in Denmark, containing a set of extraordinary iron tools that may have been used to make ships, houses and jewellery. The fortress is thought to have been constructed under orders of the 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth. Archaeologists excavated at least 14 iron tools from a gatehouse building of the fortress. This is the first time an entire set of tools has been discovered in a Viking workplace, said Nanna Holm, a curator at the Danish Castle Centre, who is leading the excavations of the ringed-shaped fort. The cache of iron tools was first located by amateur archaeologists using a metal detector near the eastern gate of the buried fortress at Borgring.

Source: Mint December 05, 2016 09:59 UTC