discovered that the inside of the sword's scabbard is lined with beaver fur. Also found in the grave, one of as many as 200 at the site, was a gold pendant known as a bracteate. It boasts a ...

sword). The cemetery contains approximately 200 graves, with 12 excavated so far, dating back to the fifth and sixth centuries. Other discoveries from the site include a gold pendant inscribed ...

The sword was discovered in a burial that also contained a gold pendant, decorated with the likeness of what appears to be a great serpent or a dragon. Typically, these pendants were worn by women ...

The sword-hugging man’s grave also contained a gold pendant engraved with a dragon or serpent, which researchers think might have been a “treasured keepsake” belonging to a female relative ...