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Archaeologists Found a 1,300-Year-Old Viking Dress Preserved by Its Own Jewelry

Metal salts from two ancient brooches slowed decomposition, preserving fabric that could reveal how the Viking woman dressed and lived.

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Archaeologists found a young Viking woman’s 1,300-year-old dress remarkably well preserved, thanks to the salty runoff from a metal ornament the woman was buried with.

As reported by Arkæologi Vestjylland via a Facebook post, detailed by Nautil.us, the find was made at Skonager in western Jutland, Denmark, where the acidic soil usually chews through ancient fabric long before researchers ever lay eyes on it.

The woman was buried with two bronze or........

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