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Kristina Killgrove

Medieval gold ring with dazzling blue gemstone discovered in Norway is a 'fantastically beautiful and rare specimen'

A person holds a gold ring covered in dirt with their fabric-gloved hand.

An archaeologist excavating a medieval town in southern Norway had an "out-of-body experience" when she stumbled upon a dream find: a delicate gold ring with a dazzling blue gemstone.

"I was completely shaken and had to ask the construction guys if they were messing with me," Linda Åsheim, an archaeologist with the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU), said in a translated statement.

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