Viking treasure hoards found

by Barry ORegan | July 20, 2007 at 05:00 am
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LONDON (AP) - One of the biggest Viking treasures ever found has been discovered on an English farm by a father-son team of treasure hunters, the British Museum announced Thursday.

The trove of coins and jewelry, buried more than 1,000 years ago, is a collection of items from Ireland, France, Russia and Scandinavia that testified to the raiders' international reach.

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