Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway

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Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway

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Lee Duna to

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A metal detectorist stumbled upon a rare gold coin while exploring the mountains in southern Norway.

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5•11 months ago
He looks like a Muppet.
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  3•11 months ago
  I think he’s wearing an old-school gas mask.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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