UPDATED 21 APRIL, 2023 - 14:59 ASHLEY COWIE

Norwegian Basement Yields Norse Iron Treasures, Museologists Ecstatic!

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A Norwegian man made a unique discovery back in the 80s while he was digging out a water well. His daughter was recently cleaning the basement of his house when she rediscovered what turned out to be a rare cache of 1,000-year-old Norse treasures.

A Very Special Ancient Alchemical Story

Grete Margot Sørum witnessed her father discovering a collection of 32 iron bars back in the 1980’s when he dug out a well near their house near Aurdal, in Valdres, central Norway. Having rediscovered the iron bars, Sørum recently handed them over to the Valdres Folkemuseum in Fagernes.

According to Mildri Een Eide, a County Archaeologist in Innlandet, each of the narrow objects has a hole in one end, which means they were at one time tied together in a bunch. And while this find is essentially a heap of scrap iron, the archaeologist says they ‘remind us of a very special story” that tells of ancient Iron Age alchemists and Middle Ages iron trading.

Uniform Iron Bars, Means Currency

Archaeologist, Mildrid Een Eide, said it has been 100 years since someone has handed in such a large collection of iron ingots from Valdres. And because the bars were discovered by Grete Margot Sørum's father in Aurdal, beside “The Bergen Royal Road,” they are being associated with the several tons of iron that was shipped out of Valdres in the Viking Age.

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It is known that during the Viking Age Iron ingots were transported across several trade routes spanning Western Norway and Denmark. Mildrid Een Eide says the 32 bars “are exactly the same in shape and size and weigh approximately 50 grams.” This uniformity leads the archaeologists to conclude that they iron bars were a means of payment.

Ultra-High Temperatures in Ancient Ovens

The most common method for extracting iron in ancient Norway is known as the blast furnace process. This involves the reaction of carbon (coal) with iron oxide (ore) at temperatures around 1500°C-2000°C (2732°F-3632°F). To begin this process, the manufacturers must first have burned selected woods to make coal.

While modern methods of extracting iron from ore utilize huge industrial ovens, in prehistoric Norway hot coals were laid beneath ore containing stones. Then, using animal skin wind bellows, the ancient alchemists were able to achieve temperatures of around 1200°C (2192°Fahrenheit) which meant the slag melted, leaving lumps of useable pig iron at the bottom of their furnaces.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/norse-iron-0018303

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days trapped in a 300-meter (980-foot) -deep crevasse on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th-highest mountain, was joined by his family at a hospital in Nepal where he is receiving treatment.

Anurag Maloo fell into the crevasse on Monday. After several attempts, he was finally rescued on Thursday and is being treated in Kathmandu, the capital. His condition has not been released.

Members of Maloo’s family flew to Kathmandu to join him at the hospital. His parents, who live in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, were distraught when they heard the news Monday that their son was missing. They told the Indian Express newspaper that Maloo, 34, was climbing Annapurna and was at Camp 3 of the four camps on the mountain when he was asked to descend due to poor health, which is common during the difficult climb.

“While coming down, he slipped and fell in a crevasse between Camp 3 and Camp 2,” his father, Om Prakash, told the newspaper.

Maloo’s younger brother, Aashish Maloo, said he has a passion for mountaineering and hopes to climb all 14 peaks in the world taller than 8,000 meters (26,240 feet).

Also on Annapurna on Monday, Irish climber Noel Hanna died and another Indian climber, Baljeet Kaur, became ill but survived after spending the night in harsh conditions without the aid of supplement bottled oxygen.

https://apnews.com/article/annapurna-indian-climber-rescued-crevasse-d0dfd2935b31b83a7b82b5a1366e5002

21-Year-Old Marine Recruit Dies During Physical Fitness Test – Fourth Death at the Base in Two Years

A Marine Corps investigation has been launched in South Carolina following the death of a 21-year-old recruit on Tuesday during a physical fitness test.

Private First Class Noah Evans of Decatur, Georgia died last Tuesday during a physical fitness test aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, officials said.

His cause of death is still under investigation.

Evans was a recruit assigned to Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion and Recruit Training Regiment, according to Fox News.

In 2021, three new recruits died on the island.

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Military.com reported:

This marks the fourth death at the base in two years.

In June 2021, Pfc. Dalton Beals, 19, of Pennsville, New Jersey, died during the last leg of marine recruit training, the Crucible. The exercise involves a 48-mile journey over 54 hours with 45 pounds of gear, 36 stations and problem-solving exercises with four to six hours of sleep and limited nourishment.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/21-year-old-marine-recruit-dies-during-physical-fitness-test-fourth-death-at-the-base-in-two-years/

Exclusive Eyewitness Report: The Truth about “Attacks on Christians” by Israeli Police

Numerous media and activists have accused the new right-wing government in Israel of stoking hatred and violence against Christians – in reality, Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians are welcomed and the Christian population is growing.

While online videos claimed to show “attacks on Christians” by Israeli police, an eye-witness told Gateway Pundit what really happened.

On Orthodox Easter weekend, “Israeli occupation soldiers” attacked “Palestinian Christians and visiting pilgrims trying to get to the Church of Holy Sepulcher for the Holy Light ceremony”, PLO activist Nour Odeh claimed on Twitter. In Orthodox Christianity, the Holy Fire is a miracle that is said to occur every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/eyewitness-report-the-truth-about-attacks-on-christians-in-israel/

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