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Ancient burial reveals rare jewelry find that archaeologists call ‘highly unusual’
Archaeologists in Sweden recently stumbled on a “highly unusual” find — two rare neck rings believed to be more than 2,500 years old, buried inside an ancient grave monument.
Arkeologerna, a Swedish archaeological consultancy, announced the discovery earlier in May.
The jewelry was found by archaeologists in Marby, near the city of Norrköping in eastern Sweden.
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The discovery site “looks like an ordinary wooded hillside in the sun,” officials said.
“Over the past few weeks, archaeologists have investigated parts of a larger archaeological landscape east of Norrköping, containing graves, rock carvings and settlement remains from the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100–500 BC),” Arkeologerna said in a statement.
“At the time, the area was located beside a bay close to the sea. The excavation is being carried out ahead of planned housing development in the area.”
Officials said the rings were likely buried as ritual offerings thousands of years ago.
They’ve been identified as wendel rings, which are a “rare type of bronze ornament dating to the final phase of the Bronze Age,” the statement noted.
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“They are characterized by their twisted form, where the cast bronze alternates between right- and left-handed twists,” officials said.
Wendel rings are “relatively rare finds,” said excavation leader Alf Ericsson.
“They are often discovered in hoards together with other objects, typically in wetlands such as bogs or marshes,” he said in a statement.
“But finding two neck rings placed together inside a grave monument containing burials is extremely unusual — perhaps unique.”
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Both pieces of jewelry are “well preserved,” said Ericsson, though the more ornate ring “is in better condition than the other.”
The excavation leader told Fox News Digital that the better-preserved ring is “broken in half.”
“This break was likely made during the Bronze Age, probably as part of the ritual process,” he said.
He also said that it’s “highly unusual” to find these sorts of neck rings in a burial context in Sweden.
The excavation marks “the first time this has been documented in a modern archaeological context,” he noted.
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Ericsson said the neck rings were typically associated with women, though historical depictions suggest men may have worn them as well.
“At least in ritual contexts, men have also been able to wear neck rings,” he said.
The expert added that archaeologists also found “several deposits of cremated human bones,” which are undergoing analysis.
“We never expected to find anything like this,” Ericsson said. “We still haven’t fully taken it in.”
Though officials are still learning more about the site, they believe the graves “belonged to a complex and symbolically rich culture.”
“Archaeologists also uncovered house remains and investigated two burnt mounds built up from fire-cracked stones,” Arkeologerna’s statement said.
The discoveries are part of a string of major archaeological finds announced in Sweden over the past year.
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Last year, a person digging for fishing worms in Stockholm County found a cauldron filled with medieval rings, pendants and several thousand coins.
At around the same time, archaeologists found the remains of a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern-day Gothenburg.
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Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann says the NFL’s is losing tradition to streaming-era scheduling
Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann said the NFL has left tradition behind.
The NFL has expanded their primetime schedule to holidays and playing games overseas, meaning they are playing more games outside of the traditional Sunday afternoon timeslot. Theismann pointed out the drastic differences in how the games are broadcast.
“They’ve drifted away (from tradition). I mean, when you look at all the different streaming services and all the different networks, it used to be ABC, NBC, and CBS, but that doesn’t exist anymore. There only used to be those TV channels where you could watch things other than sports only existed then,” Theismann told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
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“Now, we’re in a time and a place where the opportunity for the owners to make lots of money from different entities, from YouTube, from Amazon, from Peacock.”
Theismann said fans used to look forward to Sundays, but now there are games seemingly all the time.
“Sunday is something you would look forward to sitting down to because you really didn’t have an option. Now you have options on Monday night, Thursday night, Wednesday night, God only knows, Tuesday night, Saturday evening. If you’re a fan of the NFL, you’re going to find the game,” Theismann said.
The opening game of the 2026 season will be on Wednesday this season, with the second game being played in Melbourne, Australia, on a Thursday. The NFL introduced a Thanksgiving Eve game this year, adding another Wednesday game to the schedule.
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There will also be NFL games on Friday this year, as the league has gone forth with its fourth annual Black Friday game. The NFL also has three games scheduled on Christmas Day, which is a Friday.
Once the college football regular season ends in mid-December, there will also be Saturday games.
Theismann did say the NFL now has gotten fans easier access to watch more games, which he considers a good thing.
“It gives you a chance to find the game that you want to watch now. You don’t have to read about it the next day. So, in one regard it’s grown the NFL and the other side of it, yeah, would we all like things to be a little bit like they used to be? Maybe. But I believe in the progressive as a progressive individual, but life is changing. You have to adapt and change with it,” Theismann said.
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This will be the 37th American Century Championship, and Joe Theismann has played in 36 of them. He said he used to be a 2-handicap, but is now a nine, as he doesn’t hit the ball as far. He will look to turn back the clock when he plays in the tournament from July 10-12 at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.
He said the American Century Championship is the lone thing that you really want to participate in.
“The American Century Championship has evolved to one of those things that, if you love golf at all, and you happen to be in that quote-unquote celebrity world, it’s the thing you really want to participate in. You get to measure your game. You get to pull back the curtain on so many wonderful people, and you get to see those that you watch on TV because I’m a fan of everything. But now you get a chance to see them up close and personal, and you get a chance to meet them and get to know them, and it’s exciting,” Theismann said.
The 76-year-old said he gets to visit people on the range. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo and Miles Teller as people he has had conversations with, calling himself a “fanboy” of Teller’s.
Theismann said “Top Gun: Maverick” is his favorite movie of all time.
The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates fundraising at the tournament to drive direct donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.
Theismann credited CEO Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.
The tournament will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.
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