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A metal detector in the Netherlands discovered ancient golden coins, which appeared as a cult ritual victim.
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Experts believe that the money left in this place was the “devil’s money”, a proposal to pagan gods.
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The venue of worship probably had ties with summer and autumn equinoxes, as the discovery of the seasons of the post -coordinated post holes.
Recently, more than 100 gold and silver coin tanks buried underground in the Netherlands have been discovered by metal detectors, encouraging archaeologists to further investigate this place. But now, knowing what the coins were, maybe archaeologists had to leave them alone.
According to the study published Medieval archeology, The coins that were buried in the 1300s in the Netherlands were probably used in cult rituals, and the archaeologists continued to unveiled the open-air remains of the seventh century. More than likely, the coin cache was called “devil’s money”, coin supply common in pagan areas of cult.
Metal detectors found a finding near Hesingen – a settlement near the Netherlands border with Germany. The coins are from about 700 AD, including several rare finds from Frankish Impire, and were found in conjunction with metal jewelry 2020 and 2021.
There were some clues that helped archaeologists to take out the place where the coins were found, and there were once cult stretching sites. There were records of records, evidence of a large place of residence in the Klinging Klings at the ancient road intersection in the famous rising landscape, animal victims and more. They also found that gold coins and jewelry had been placed in more than 100 years and intersected with animal victims, so it was clear that the site was once a ritual place for the sacrifice for pagan gods.
Archaeologists, led by the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency Jan-Willem de Kora, have identified the signs of the old construction, probably since the sixth century, as well as 17 wooden posts, which have been coordinated with spring and autumn equinoxes, which have bound the place to seasonal harvest rituals.
“The cult place was probably associated with a nearby high-status settlement with a closed cult house or ceremonial building,” the study authors wrote. “The suggestions may have been linked to fertility rites because the pillars were matched to the rising and found during the Sun Spring and Autumn Equinox.”
In total, gold and silver coins were found in three places. One website had one gold coin and the other has 24 broken or full gold coins, as well as silver and gold jewelry. The third website included gold coins and jewelry. “I think this cult site was mainly used by the local elite to emphasize their status, and of course you do it first with valuable material Phys.org; “Rados in other places of the cult are probably more personal offers, so not that expensive.”
Using the site for elites, all of this arises about the growth of Christianity in the area. Research statements, earlier than the growth of Christianity in the region, use the 700 AD on this site, so the authors of the study theoretics that district leaders may have appealed to Christianity earlier than others.
As the highlighted missionary texts were arranged to open the pre -Christian groups to Christianity, they will have to stop worshiping the Gentile gods and stop sacrificing the so -called “devil’s money”. As Hezingen was abandoned until the beginning of the eighth century, when Christianity began to spread, the authors of the study proposed to the city leaders – rich, as shown in the value of gold and silver, there were some of the first in the district to convert to Christianity.
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