archaicwonder:Viking Bronze Pendant with Chain, c. 9th-10th Century ADFound at Staraya Ladoga in 199
archaicwonder:Viking Bronze Pendant with Chain, c. 9th-10th Century ADFound at Staraya Ladoga in 1995. Possibly used as a comb and/or amulet.Staraya Ladoga is a village in the Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, 8 km north of the town of Volkhov. The village used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. A multi-ethnic settlement, it was dominated by Scandinavians who were called by the name of Rus and for that reason it is sometimes called the first capital of Russia. -- source link
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