The tiny pieces — intricately detailed gold foil figures discovered during excavations of a pagan religious temple — are a rare find in Norway. The country has only 10 known sites, and Hov has ...

Archaeologists unearthed five ancient gold foil pieces while excavating a pagan ... gold about the size of a fingernail and as thin as paper, according to a Sept. 12 Facebook post from Nicolai ...

Archaeologists have discovered 35 miniature gold ... foil depictions of Norse gods tucked inside the remnants of a pagan temple in Norway. The gold foils, which are flat and as thin as a piece of ...