Beardmore Relics
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Beardmore Relics
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The Beardmore Relics are a cache of Viking Age artifacts, said to have been unearthed near Beardmore, Ontario, Canada in the 1930s. The cache consists of a Viking Age sword, an axe head, and a bar of undetermined use. It has been claimed that the relics are proof of early Norse occupation of northern Ontario. While the authenticity of the fragments is not generally disputed, their "discovery" in situ in Ontario is considered to be a hoax. In the 1930s, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) purchased th
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Cache of Viking artifacts allegedly discovered in Ontario, Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardmore_Relics
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2023-10-01T11:07:22Z
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