1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Where is he? 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Well, that is the big mystery. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This is like a key. 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,000 This could lead to his burial. 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:15,000 I understand you have some sort of artifact I need to see. 6 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Yes, I have something very, very special. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 You Vikings can't hide forever. 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Somebody actually dug into this mound, 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,000 and we would like to find out why. 10 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 All right, well, let's see if there's something down here. 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,000 This is extraordinary. 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,000 This is a Viking rune stone. 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Oh, big hit. 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Are these mounds? 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 They are man-made mounds. 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Whoa, what is this? 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Hey, Josh, we have something. 18 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Please come. 19 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Look at this. 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Are you kidding me? 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 What George Washington is to the United States, 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,000 the Viking king, Harold Bluetooth Gormson, is to Denmark, 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 a founding father who shaped the history of Europe. 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,000 In the bloody game of thrones that defined the Viking Age, 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Bluetooth united warring tribes, conquered Norway, 26 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 and brought Christianity to a place where the Vikings 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 were not only the kings, but also the kings. 28 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 He was so influential that the wireless technology 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 we all carry around with us today bears his name. 30 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Yet despite his unprecedented power, 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Bluetooth is violently deposed by his own son. 32 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000 According to legend, the king and his royal treasure 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 flee to a distant fortress known as Jamsborg, 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 where Bluetooth dies of wounds sustained in battle. 35 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 But the saga of the Viking King, 36 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,000 the King of the United States, 37 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 is to say that the King's treasure is the treasure 38 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 of the Viking King, where Bluetooth dies of wounds 39 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 sustained in battle. 40 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 But the saga of Harold Bluetooth is unfinished. 41 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Neither the King's tomb nor his treasure have ever been found, 42 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:10,000 and Jamsborg itself has been lost in the mists of time. 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 But now, over a thousand years later, 44 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,000 a mysterious golden artifact is leading experts 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 to a hidden crypt, 46 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 a place where you can find the hidden treasure 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 in a forest. 48 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 So put your wireless devices in airplane mode, 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,000 as we take off to connect with the original Bluetooth, 50 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 hunting his tomb and his treasure. 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 My name is Josh Gates. 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Hello! 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Explorer. 54 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 There goes nothing. 55 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Adventurer. 56 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Woo-hoo-hoo! 57 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Oh, that's a long way down. 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 And a guy who ends up in some very strange situations. 59 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I'm alive for now. 60 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 With a degree in archaeology and a passion for the unexplained, 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 I travel to the ends of the Earth, 62 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,000 investigating the greatest legends in history. 63 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 May your rock and roll. 64 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,000 This is Expedition Unknown. 65 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Welcome to Denmark. 66 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Today, vessels like this aren't exactly a common sight, 67 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 but back in the 10th century, 68 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 when Raskilda was a major trading port 69 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 at the heart of Bluetooth's kingdom, 70 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 this harbor would have been filled with Viking ships. 71 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 These vessels were always on the move, 72 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 assuming the Vikings put their backs into it. 73 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Josh, roll fast on. 74 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Doing the best I can. 75 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 This is supposed to be a safe workspace. 76 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 What we call Vikings were not a single people from a single place. 77 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Rather, tribes spread throughout Scandinavia. 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 What today is Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. 79 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 But the Vikings weren't content to stay there. 80 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 As Christianity spread through Europe, 81 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Scandinavia, home of the Vikings, 82 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 was north of the Wall, 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,000 seen as a wild, dangerous land of myth and legend. 84 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Vikings strived for Valhalla, feared Ragnarok, 85 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 and worshipped colorful, mercurial gods, 86 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 including Odin, Loki, and Thor. 87 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Fortunately, before Marvel had a chance to copyright them. 88 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 From the 8th century, the Vikings conquered 89 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 and settled an impressive swath of Europe, 90 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 even reaching North America hundreds of years before Columbus. 91 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 They were famously fierce explorers, 92 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 and with swift, adaptable ships, 93 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 wherever there was water, there were Vikings. 94 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 As my ship sails to the docks of Raskilda, 95 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:44,000 I make my way ashore into a city that was once the capital of Denmark, 96 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 as well as a major Viking stronghold. 97 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Among Norse leaders, one name is legendary. 98 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,000 The Uniter of Denmark, Conqueror of Norway, 99 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Son of Gorm, Father of Forkbeer, 100 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Deposer of Grey Cloak, 101 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Founder of the Minnesota Vikings. 102 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 That might not be right. 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 The Viking King, Harold Bluetooth Gormson. 104 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Harold Bluetooth Gormson is born into a Viking dynasty 105 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 around the year 910, 106 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 one of three sons of King Gorm the Old. 107 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Once in power, he immediately sets out 108 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 to radically reshape the Viking world, 109 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 uniting the warring tribes of Denmark, 110 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 minting the nation's first coins, 111 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 and overseeing massive civil engineering projects, 112 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 including a series of immense ring-shaped fortresses. 113 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 But when it comes to Bluetooth, 114 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,000 the greatest mystery is the whereabouts of the King himself, 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 because his grave and royal riches are lost. 116 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Or maybe not. 117 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 According to my guidebook here, 118 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Bluetooth is actually buried right here in Raskilda Cathedral. 119 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,000 If so, this is going to be our shortest episode ever. 120 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Come on. 121 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Magnificent Raskilda Cathedral was built in the 12th century. 122 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Legend has it, it's on top of an older wooden church. 123 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Here, in the back of the church, 124 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 we have this painting of Bluetooth, 125 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 and beneath it, we have an inscription that says, 126 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Harold, King of Denmark, England and Norway, 127 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 and the first founder of this church. 128 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,000 And local legend says that Bluetooth is buried right here. 129 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 So that's it, folks. 130 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Case closed. Thanks for coming. 131 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Oh, there is one small problem. 132 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 It's almost certainly not true. 133 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 You see, in 1911, there was a major restoration of the church, 134 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 and when archaeologists tore up the floors, 135 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 well, they found nothing. 136 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 No Bluetooth, no treasure, nada. 137 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 So where is this Viking King of Kings? 138 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 And you might be asking yourself, 139 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 why would a pagan Viking be buried in a church in the first place? 140 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Didn't these guys worship Odin? 141 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Well, something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark. 142 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 That's a Hamlet reference. 143 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Alas, poor Bluetooth isn't in Raskilda, 144 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 but my next stop to find him is close by. 145 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I drive 150 miles to the sleepy Danish town of Yelling. 146 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 You'd never suspect that this quiet place 147 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 was once the whole city of the city. 148 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,000 The first place was once the heart of the Viking kingdom, 149 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 but in Bluetooth's day, 150 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 it was one of the most sacred places in their empire. 151 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 At the Yelling Necropolis, I meet an old friend, 152 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 archaeologist Soren Sindback, 153 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,000 who leads me to a historic Viking document, 154 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 one that isn't written, but rather chiseled. 155 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 So here we are, Josh. 156 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 This is the Yelling Rune Stone. 157 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Rune stones are a Scandinavian tradition 158 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 that, back to the 4th century, 159 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,000 elaborately painted monuments built to stand the test of time. 160 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Not just any Viking Rune Stone by Harold Bluetooth. 161 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Bluetooth himself erected this. 162 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 He had this put up. Do you want to have a closer look? 163 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Behind the glass. We can go in. 164 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 We can? Yes, surely. 165 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Yes, I do. How do we get into this thing? 166 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Well, come along. 167 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Soren has gotten us ridiculously special access to the Yelling Stone. 168 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 This is the equivalent of getting to ring the Liberty Bell, 169 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,000 so we unseal the door and pass into what feels like a very large fish tank. 170 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 You're kidding me? 171 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Look at this. 172 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Can I touch it? Yes, sure. 173 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 It's just a thousand-year-old monument. 174 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Okay, this is in Old Norse and runes, yeah? 175 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 So you can recognize. Do you recognize this shape? 176 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 There's a line, and then there's a little cross across here. 177 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 A line with a cross through it. 178 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 This is... You've seen that before? 179 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 That is your phone? 180 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Oh, this is the modern Bluetooth. 181 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Exactly. So this is the H. This is the H, and then it's combined with a B. 182 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 And we've got a B over here, and this is the B. 183 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Yeah, right here. 184 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 You put them together, you get Harold Bluetooth. 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:07,000 Bluetooth technology was originally developed by the Scandinavian company Ericsson, 186 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:12,000 and so they layered the two initials of the great ruler who united the Vikings 187 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 as the symbol for the standard that brings us together today. 188 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,000 So these runestones serve what purpose? 189 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Because you find them all over the Viking world. 190 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,000 They were commemorating dead relatives or friends. 191 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 These are like ancient Wikipedia entries. 192 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Yeah, you could say that. Right? 193 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Very brief, but it's got the essential detail. 194 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,000 So, obviously, we have his name on here. 195 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Yeah. It says, 196 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,000 who won for himself all of Denmark. 197 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,000 This monument is really like the foundation of Denmark is happening right here. 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Yeah, this is the birth certificate of Denmark. 199 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Okay, and there's more on the other side? 200 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Yeah. So it continues here. We've got to come around here. 201 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Okay. 202 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,000 There's this magnificent animal figure here, 203 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 and then at the bottom here it says, 204 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 And Norway. 205 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,000 And this is important because it says, I'm not just the king, I'm expanding the empire. 206 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 I'm the strong king. Right. Exactly. 207 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 And on the final face of the stone is something shocking. 208 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 And on the third panel is a figure. 209 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Yeah, this is Christ. 210 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 And it comes with this inscription down here, 211 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 and made the veins Christian. 212 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Because that was Harold's last great deed. 213 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 He converted his kingdom to Christ. 214 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 No more Odin. No more Thor. 215 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,000 This is our guy now. This is our guy. He's our protector. 216 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 This is a really big deal here, right? 217 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:47,000 This is like casting off these pagan gods that we see as so ingrained in all aspects of Viking life, right? 218 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 I mean, it's breaking with all the past. 219 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,000 All of the Vikings' powerful neighbors to the south are Christian. 220 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,000 So whether he converts his people as a political calculation to keep the peace, 221 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,000 or because of a genuine conversion of faith, remains an unknown. 222 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 The amazing thing is that he actually pulls it off. 223 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 You would think that there would be riots coming on. 224 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,000 But this conversion is very expedient to him at the time. 225 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:20,000 He gains a very strong ally in heaven, but he also gets a very strong ally on earth. 226 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:26,000 So how does this monument help us understand where Bluetooth might be buried, 227 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 or where his treasure might be hidden? I mean, how does this help us in that search? 228 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,000 If we want to understand where Bluetooth was buried, we have to understand where his father was buried. 229 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Gorm? Gorm, yes. 230 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 And where was he buried? I'll show you. 231 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:45,000 The answer is this huge burial mound, where Gorm was interred in 958. 232 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:50,000 But when scientists looked inside, neither he nor a treasure was there. 233 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Dating timbers inside the tomb, they determined the mound was reopened in the year 964, 234 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:02,000 and that Bluetooth had moved his father's body while keeping it very close by. 235 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 So just welcome to Yelling Church. 236 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 So this has been here for how long? 237 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 This building is from the 12th century. 238 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Down here under the floor in the middle of the building, there was another burial chamber. 239 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:21,000 So the idea that we have is that Harold took his pagan father, 240 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:26,000 pulled him from the mound, and reburied him here in his church right in front of the altar. 241 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:31,000 So understanding where Gorm is probably does tell us a lot about where Bluetooth is. 242 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Yes. If he goes to the length to have his pagan father reburied in his church here, 243 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,000 you can bet that he wants to be buried in a church. 244 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Exactly. But not in Raskilder? 245 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,000 No, not in Raskilder, not in any of the other great feed wolves that's been excavated. 246 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 But somewhere in a church? 247 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Yes. Just recently, something very strange came up which might relate to the Bluetooth story. 248 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Which is? 249 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Well, it's an artifact that came up in Sweden, so you'll have to go there. 250 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 It's in Sweden? 251 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 It's in Sweden. 252 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Okay, but it might have something to do with Bluetooth. 253 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Well, the juror's out. It's something you have to go and see for yourself. 254 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Okay. To Sweden. 255 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:22,000 But to see it, I have to travel 175 miles of immaculate highways, tunnels and bridges. 256 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:32,000 As I go from Denmark to Malmo, Sweden. 257 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Malmo has been voted the happiest place in Sweden, though that might have something to do with the fact that they created 258 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 absolute vodka near here. 259 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 I didn't travel all this way just to do shots, though. 260 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:51,000 I am here to meet with a guy named Thomas Silsky, who's in possession of an artifact that may write the final chapter in the Bluetooth saga. 261 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Tomas believes the artifact to be so precious that he's taken heightened security measures before agreeing to show it to me. 262 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Upstairs at a discreet location, I find the man I'm looking for. 263 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 Thomas. 264 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Hello. 265 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Nice to meet you. 266 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Nice to meet you too, Joe. 267 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,000 So I understand you have some sort of artifact I need to see? 268 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Yes, I have something very, very special. 269 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 A Viking artifact? 270 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Yes. Let's bring it in. 271 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:27,000 The object, whatever it is, is accompanied by security who transported it here from a vault. 272 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Hello. 273 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Hello. 274 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,000 It's kept in a lock box. 275 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Yes, it came from the bank. 276 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Okay. Please. 277 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Whoa, what is this? 278 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Whoa, what is this? 279 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:09,000 In Malmo, Sweden, Tomas Silsky has revealed an artifact normally kept under lock and key that may lead to the treasure-laden tomb of the Viking king, Harold Bluetooth. 280 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 This is curbsome disc. 281 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Curbsome disc? May I? 282 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Yes. 283 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 This is a Viking artifact? 284 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Yes, a thousand-year-old disc made of gold. 285 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 This is unbelievable. 286 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Speechless? 287 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Yes. 288 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Honestly. 289 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:28,000 The curbsome disc looks like it fell out of an Indiana Jones movie. 290 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,000 It's only a couple of inches across, but it feels heavy in my hand. 291 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,000 One thing is certain. This is no simple piece of currency. 292 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 So we have our Christian Latin cross here. 293 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 And it is covered in writing. 294 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 The top line I can read clear as day. 295 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:45,000 That's Harold. 296 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Exactly. 297 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,000 And then the word you just said, curbsome disc. 298 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 It's a Latin translation of the name Gormson. 299 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Oh, so this is Gormson. This is... 300 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Harold Bluetooth. 301 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 So this is definitely Bluetooth. 302 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 This is definitely... And when you read it here, it's... 303 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Rex, which is king? 304 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 King. 305 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 What's after Rex? 306 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Ad Tanner. This is the king of the dance. 307 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Of the Danes. 308 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 So Harold Gormson, king of Denmark, and... 309 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Yes, it's it's human. 310 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:19,000 That it means Jomsgård, the legendary Viking fortress. 311 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Bluetooth reigns for about 30 years and makes significant campaigns abroad. 312 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,000 The Viking sagas, written a couple hundred years after Bluetooth's death, 313 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:33,000 tell of a fortress called Jomsborg on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. 314 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,000 It reportedly housed Bluetooth's fearsome battalion of loyal Jomsvikings, 315 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 merciless warriors gathered from all over Europe. 316 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 According to that legend, this is where Bluetooth is killed, right? 317 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Yes, and buried. 318 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Bluetooth's son, Swain Forkbeard, objects to the Vikings' conversion to Christianity, 319 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:57,000 and in a stunning act of betrayal, raises an army to usurp the throne. 320 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:02,000 According to legend, Bluetooth is struck with an arrow in the ensuing battle. 321 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000 He and his men withdraw to Jomsborg. 322 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,000 There, Bluetooth dies and is buried by his loyal followers. 323 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 But his tomb has never been located. 324 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Okay, so where did this come from? Where did you find this? 325 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 In our attic at home. 326 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 No. 327 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:27,000 My daughter found it in a box with my grandmother's stuff. 328 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 She just waltzes down from the attic with this? 329 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Yes. 330 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 And did you have any idea that it was significant? 331 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Nothing. Not at all. 332 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 I just sent her to the school with this. 333 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 You let her take this to school? 334 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,000 Yes. 335 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Sure. 336 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Her teacher got very interested and actually eventually also a Swedish archaeologist. 337 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,000 And the analysis from the archaeologist is it's authentic? 338 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Yes, it's authentic. 339 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 As for where it came from, Tomas has a story about that. 340 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,000 And it starts in a churchyard in Poland in the town of Voland. 341 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Who finds this first? 342 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,000 It was originally found in 1841. 343 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 A little German boy, Heinrich Bold. 344 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Okay. 345 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:17,000 In 1841, Bold is playing near the construction site of a new church in Voland when he comes upon loose earth. 346 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:22,000 He digs into it and makes a remarkable discovery, an ancient crypt. 347 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Climbing inside, he finds a collection of Norse artifacts and this, the Kermsen disk. 348 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Out of respect for the dead, the priests of the church order the crypt sealed with the disk and artifacts inside. 349 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 So, help me understand this. 350 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,000 How did this get from Poland to your attic in Sweden? 351 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:51,000 My grandfather in 1945, at the end of the World War II, gets in the same crypt and finds the disk. 352 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:56,000 If this is authentic, this disk is like a key that could unlock this mystery. 353 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 This could lead to Bluetooth burial. 354 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Do we know where this church is today? 355 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Yes. 356 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,000 And what about the crypt? 357 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Do we know where that was? 358 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:10,000 We suspect that the crypt is under or near the new church. 359 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 And there is the team there trying to find it. 360 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Can you connect me with them? 361 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Yes, of course. 362 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Can I keep this? 363 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Nope. 364 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Okay, worth a try. 365 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 The disk stays in Sweden. 366 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 But not me. 367 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:31,000 I'm off to rediscover the crypt where the Kermsen disk was hidden, where Harold Bluetooth and his royal treasury may be interred. 368 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,000 To get to the church on time, I drive aboard a ferry in Easted Sweden. 369 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Okay, here we go. 370 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 I'm in a car, on a boat. 371 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:47,000 For a 175-mile journey across the Baltic Sea to Poland. 372 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:54,000 1,200 years ago, to take to these waters was to risk your life, as the Vikings ruled the seas with an iron fist. 373 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Today, it's another kind of gamble. 374 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Okay, come on. 375 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Come on. 376 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,000 That's three Aladdin's. 377 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 How's that? 378 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Not a win. 379 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:16,000 If this keeps up, I'm going to need to find Bluetooth's treasure just to buy a plane ticket back home. 380 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Come on! 381 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Last bet. 382 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Here we go. 383 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Totally rigged. 384 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Is there an ATM on this ship? 385 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:35,000 A couple hundred euro later, we arrive in Poland and drive just outside of the town of Wolen. 386 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I'm here to meet the lead members of the team searching for the crypt where the mysterious Kermsen disk was reportedly unearthed. 387 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Jacek Godlewski and archaeologist Wojciech Mazurak. 388 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Jacek? 389 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Oh, hi. 390 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Hi. 391 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,000 I'm Josh. 392 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Wojciech, nice to meet you. 393 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Nice to meet you. 394 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Good to meet you. 395 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 Welcome. 396 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Nice to meet you. 397 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 What a beautiful church. 398 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 This is the church. 399 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000 Stunning. 400 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 So, okay, this building dates from what year? 401 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 1841. 402 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 1841. 403 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 So this is when this golden disk gets found by this kid. 404 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,000 And he finds this disk in a crypt, but we don't know where that is today. 405 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000 We don't know where it is. 406 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 It could be under the church or it could be adjacent to the church. 407 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,000 We presume there was an older church standing somewhere. 408 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 We don't know exactly where. 409 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Right. 410 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 And this area does have a Viking connection. 411 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 I mean, they were here. 412 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 This was a significant place for them. 413 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Bolin was the center of trade here. 414 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Right. 415 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 In this south part of Baltic Sea. 416 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Right. 417 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:36,000 And another place that comes up a lot, and especially on this disk, is this idea of Jamsberg. 418 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Yes. 419 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 It's a legendary Viking location. 420 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Yes. 421 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 And we now have it associated on this disk with the name Bluetooth. 422 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Could we be in the area of what was Jamsberg? 423 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 It is for sure around here somewhere. 424 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:53,000 We are in the heartland of the Norse called this Vendland, the land of the Wends. 425 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:59,000 And there is this story also that Bluetooth has a Slavic wife, right? 426 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Yes. 427 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:05,000 We know Bluetooth had a real connection to this area because he married a Slavic princess. 428 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Right. 429 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 This is beyond any doubt because it's actually written in stone. 430 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:15,000 The Kermsen disk and the crypt in which it was found could be part of this remarkable story. 431 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,000 The only questions left to answer now are, can we find the crypt once again? 432 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 And does it belong to Harold Bluetooth? 433 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 So how do we figure this out? 434 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 I presume we're not going to tear down this beautiful church. 435 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 No. 436 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 That wouldn't be a good idea. 437 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 No. 438 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000 So what do we do? 439 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:40,000 We should do some georadar of the church on the inside and the premises and see if we find any anomalies. 440 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:47,000 To look beneath this hallowed ground, we go behind the church where a geophysical team waits to get to work. 441 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Stefan and Stefan from OKM Detectors, our friends from Germany. 442 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 You're both named Stefan? 443 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Yes. 444 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Okay. 445 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Two, two Stefan's for the price of one. 446 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Nice to meet you guys. 447 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Great to meet you. 448 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Okay, this I kind of recognize. 449 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000 This is a GPR unit? 450 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000 It is. 451 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Okay, I'm used to more of the lawnmower style. 452 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Yeah. 453 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 So what is this? 454 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 This is a portable ground penetrating radar system. 455 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Okay. 456 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 So basically this is a system you can use everywhere on the globe and not just on flat surfaces. 457 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Got it. 458 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000 And how powerful is this? 459 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,000 It's very powerful. 460 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,000 It can detect anomalies in up to 120 feet. 461 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 This can see 120 feet underground? 462 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Exactly. 463 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,000 Okay. 464 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,000 And it's guaranteed to find a Viking king. 465 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Is that correct? 466 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Well, let's see. 467 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 We'll see. 468 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Okay. 469 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 But if there is something under this mound? 470 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Then we will see it. 471 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 All right, let's do it. 472 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 We split up. 473 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Jacek and one of the Stefan's will scan in the churchyard. 474 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:43,000 While Wojcak, the remaining Stefan and I will scan beneath the church floor itself. 475 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Okay. 476 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Wow. 477 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Here we are. 478 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 So start with the aisle? 479 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Yep. 480 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,000 And where should we be? 481 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Out of your way? 482 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Well, would be better. 483 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Should we pray? 484 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 We could pray. 485 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 You can pray that it works. 486 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Yeah. 487 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Okay. 488 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 You ready? 489 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Oh, wait. 490 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Hold on. 491 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Turn my Bluetooth on. 492 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 That raises the chance. 493 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Yeah, here we go. 494 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 This isn't just a fact-finding mission. 495 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:21,000 The archaeologists here have exclusive access to excavate this floor if we find something. 496 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 We're going to do the whole room. 497 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 We're not giving up. 498 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 We make a final push to cover the church floor without any disturbances to report. 499 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:37,000 The team working outside, however, may have a different story to tell. 500 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Josh, you there? 501 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Go for Josh. 502 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Listen, I think we found something. 503 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 I think we've got a hit. 504 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 You better get out here. 505 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 You got a hit on the GPR? 506 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 A definite anomaly. 507 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 You've got to see this. 508 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:58,000 We don't know what it is yet, though. 509 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Check it out. 510 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Paul, big hit. 511 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Yeah. 512 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 This is where? 513 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,000 This is just right. 514 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:13,000 In a churchyard outside of the Polish town of Wolen, I'm working with a team searching for the lost tomb of the Viking King Harold Bluetooth. 515 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:18,000 And our ground penetrating radar is indicating there's something large beneath us. 516 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 How deep down is that? 517 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Well, it's six to ten feet down. 518 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Oh, it's huge. 519 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Here it is. 520 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 So this runs this whole area here? 521 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Exactly. 522 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 How wide is it? 523 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 It's about a meter. 524 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000 It's about a meter. 525 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 It's about a meter. 526 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 It's about a meter. 527 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,000 It's about a meter. 528 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Exactly. 529 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 How wide is it? 530 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Well, it's three feet wide and three feet high. 531 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Ten feet's a pretty big hole. 532 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 You think we can dig out of that? 533 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,000 I think we can. 534 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 We can bring in the equipment. 535 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Equipment? 536 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Equipment. 537 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 We have a kaparka. 538 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Oh, I love a kaparka. 539 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:57,000 A kaparka is what the locals call an excavator, and it just so happens to be the only word I know in Polish. 540 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Hey, not my first rodeo here, people. 541 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 The kaparka goes to work next to the anomaly. 542 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Believe it or not, as I watch, the only word for this I can come up with is gentle. 543 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:18,000 So even though we've got this piece of heavy equipment here, he is using the excavator like a scalpel, 544 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:23,000 just shaving off an inch or two of topsoil at a time so that we carefully go down, 545 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,000 creating a profile, and not damaging whatever's buried here. 546 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:35,000 While this hole is being dug, let's assume that Bluetooth is here. 547 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 Yeah. 548 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 What would we be looking for? 549 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 What do we expect to find here? 550 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Well, first of all, we're looking for a crypt. 551 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Right. 552 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,000 He's not just going to be laid out in the ground. 553 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,000 No. 554 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Ideally, he'd be in a chamber of some kind. 555 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000 In a chamber, we would expect to find a place with treasure. 556 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:55,000 We would expect that he would probably be in finery and armor. 557 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 He would have his sword on his chest. 558 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Right. 559 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,000 Other weapons. 560 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 In other words, I think we'll know it when we see it, yes? 561 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Absolutely. 562 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:12,000 The excavator slowly digs deeper and deeper, but nothing is visible in the profile of the Earth until... 563 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Stop the jump. 564 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Hey, stop. 565 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Whoa, wait, wait, wait. 566 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Is that ceramic? 567 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Okay. 568 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,000 Something. 569 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,000 Is that ceramic? 570 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,000 No, I think so. 571 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,000 It's a skull. 572 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,000 It's a skull. 573 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000 It's a skull. 574 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000 This is part of a human skull. 575 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000 Wait, check. 576 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,000 A skull, yes? 577 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Yes, skull. 578 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 We're not in a burial here, though. 579 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,000 No. 580 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 These are not preserved graves. 581 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:41,000 The layers of soil near the surface have been churned like a laundry machine for centuries, 582 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,000 and bone fragments, both animal and human, are littered all over the area. 583 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Okay, but we may find more bones then. 584 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Yeah, we could expect. 585 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,000 I mean... 586 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,000 We could expect more. 587 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000 All right, let's continue. 588 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,000 As we move deeper, we continue to find scattered remains from long ago. 589 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 So, we got another bone here, it looks like. 590 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000 This is arm bone? 591 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,000 Yeah, this is for the arm, yeah? 592 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 This is humerus. 593 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 There's nothing funny about this, for sure. 594 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Sorry, that's a little skeleton humor. 595 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,000 The GPR disturbance we're following lies several feet further down. 596 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,000 We keep digging in the hopes of finding Bluetooth script. 597 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Stop, stop! 598 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 We have wood here, yes? 599 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,000 Yes, and we have wood. 600 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,000 Is coffin, do you think? 601 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,000 I think so. 602 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,000 I think so. 603 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 I think we're certainly at the top of the coffin, it looks like. 604 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 We have a corner here, for sure. 605 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000 You can see the edge of this right here, and it goes up that way. 606 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000 So, we're coming down on the top of the coffin, it looks like. 607 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,000 What's the alignment here? 608 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,000 This is the alignment of the east and then the west. 609 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:07,000 We've reached a new layer that is clearly the church's graveyard, 610 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,000 one that is very old, but more modern than the Vikings. 611 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,000 It means we can't excavate further without disturbing these preserved burials. 612 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,000 Our GPR hit, however, is still a few more feet down. 613 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,000 So, to make sure we're not missing a crypt below our feet, we bring out an auger. 614 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 Okay, we're going for 10 feet, guys, we got this. 615 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:31,000 To drill a minimally invasive hole outside the coffin and down to the target. 616 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:39,000 One, two, three. 617 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,000 When we hit the 10 foot mark, we bring up the auger. 618 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Okay, so we are at 10 feet. 619 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:52,000 We are at our target depth, we got nothing. 620 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:59,000 We have this white featureless sand here, and we have this looser sand above. 621 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:04,000 So the anomaly is not an object, it's a change in the soil. 622 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,000 Yeah, exactly. 623 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:09,000 The GPR has done its job, but there's no crypt to be found. 624 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,000 As to the Kermson disc, it is a terrific story. 625 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,000 But without physical evidence to connect it to a specific site, that's all it is. 626 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:24,000 So in terms of the location where this disc was found, this supposed burial area, still a mystery. 627 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,000 Still a mystery. 628 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,000 So where does that leave us? 629 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,000 Well, we still have the forest site. 630 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,000 What forest site? 631 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:41,000 It's a site we started investigating about 10 minutes away from here, which could be the ancient mythical fortress of the Jomsviggings. 632 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,000 And you're working out there? 633 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000 We have people digging there. 634 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Jacek and Wojcik think they're on the trail of the legendary Jomsborg. 635 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:54,000 Bluetooth stronghold mentioned in the Viking sagas, which has never been found. 636 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000 This is potentially huge. 637 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 And it's how far from here? 638 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 It's not far, it's 10 minutes. 639 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,000 Okay, if it is a Viking site, that would be hugely significant. 640 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000 That would be groundbreaking. 641 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,000 That would be very significant. 642 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,000 We quickly pile into my car and head to the site. 643 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:16,000 In moments, we're driving into dense forest and away from civilization, 644 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:22,000 in search of GPS coordinates that Wojcik hopes are part of Harold Bluetooth's legacy. 645 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Until finally, we arrive at our destination. 646 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 Okay, perfect. 647 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 In the middle of nowhere. 648 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Let's go. 649 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,000 Welcome to the circle. 650 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,000 The circle? 651 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,000 Yeah. 652 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000 Okay. 653 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000 I do not see a circle. 654 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,000 No, you can't see it from here. You actually can't see it from above. 655 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,000 From above? 656 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,000 Okay, so if I was up above, what would I see? 657 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:54,000 You would see a almost perfect circle in the forest. 658 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000 From above. 659 00:31:55,000 --> 00:32:03,000 I'm in a forest in Poland where archeologists believe they may have found a legendary Viking fort known as Jamsborg. 660 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,000 To get a bird's eye view of the site, we launch a drone through the thick canopy, 661 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000 and what we see from on high is astounding. 662 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:14,000 That is a huge circle. Incredible. 663 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,000 A circle this size could represent a ring fortress, 664 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:21,000 which would be a major clue that this is the lost city of Jamsborg, 665 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,000 where King Harold Bluetooth is said to have died. 666 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:31,000 And a recent Lidar scan may give Jacek and Wojcak even more to be excited about. 667 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,000 This is clearly a huge circle here. 668 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,000 Clearly, look inside of it. 669 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,000 More circles. 670 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Are these, are these mounts? 671 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,000 They are man-made mounts and... 672 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000 I mean, there's like what, like a dozen of them here? 673 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,000 I think over a dozen, but some of them are hard to see or detect. 674 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,000 And the thing that really jumps out is they are perfect circles. 675 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000 These have to be man-made, yes? 676 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Yes, yes, I'm sure. 677 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000 This forest is a treasure. 678 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,000 Within the massive hidden ring are circular mounds that have blended with the landscape for centuries. 679 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000 Without the Lidar, they may never have even been discovered. 680 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,000 And so where are these from here? 681 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,000 300 meters, so it's not far away from here. 682 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Can we go? 683 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,000 Yes, let's go. 684 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Okay. 685 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,000 This is what archaeologists call a target-rich environment. 686 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000 The ring could not only be Jamsborg, 687 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:23,000 but the smaller mounds inside may contain a wealth of Viking artifacts and treasures. 688 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,000 We quickly head over to where their dig team is excavating, 689 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,000 between two of the larger mounds at the site. 690 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000 You guys are obviously hard at work here, 691 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,000 so you've done a trench here from one mound to the other. 692 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,000 In the large mound over here, have you found anything significant? 693 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000 No, nothing significant. 694 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,000 Okay. 695 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,000 But it is a man-made mound. 696 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Yes, it is man-made. 697 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:48,000 The Ritchack has managed to date the mounds to the Bronze Age, or about 2000 BC. 698 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000 But that doesn't mean they weren't later used by the Vikings. 699 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000 And what about in the smaller mound? 700 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 It seems like you've dug a much larger trench. 701 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000 Yes, yes. 702 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Why is that? 703 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,000 You know, this mound was disturbed. 704 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,000 Disturbed? 705 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,000 You mean somebody has already dug into it? 706 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,000 Yeah, exactly. 707 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,000 Can you show me? 708 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000 Yes, of course. 709 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000 Please. 710 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,000 Let's see. 711 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,000 Once again, someone has dug a hole in the ground, 712 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,000 and I can't wait to get in it. 713 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 I have a very strange job. 714 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000 Okay, so the mound is from the Bronze Age, originally? 715 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,000 Bronze Age, yes. 716 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,000 The Bronze Age is this big period of time, 717 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,000 way before the Vikings. 718 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Yes. 719 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,000 So we're talking nearly 4,000 years ago. 720 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000 So we are 1,500 years or more before the Vikings. 721 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,000 Before the Vikings, yes. 722 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,000 Right. 723 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 If that's the Bronze Age, why are you digging even deeper? 724 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,000 Well, at some point after the Bronze Age, 725 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,000 somebody actually dug into this mound, 726 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000 and we would like to find out why. 727 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000 Could it be that this is a Bronze Age mound 728 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,000 that the Vikings then came to use, 729 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,000 which is something that happened, right? 730 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000 And then they dug into it? 731 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000 It's possible. 732 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000 What we know now is that somebody dug into it, 733 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000 and it was a long time ago. 734 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000 All right, well, let's see if there's something down here. 735 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Yeah. 736 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,000 Yeah. 737 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,000 Vojcek and his team carefully carve away layers of the mound, 738 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,000 hoping to find evidence that it was repurposed in the Viking Age. 739 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,000 While they work, Jacek and I fan out with metal detectors, 740 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:08,000 capable of sensing up to 10 feet into the smaller mounds at the site. 741 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000 So as you can see here, 742 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,000 or maybe you can't see here because it's really discreet, 743 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,000 there is this slight mound, 744 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,000 and it looks natural when you're standing on it, 745 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000 but on the lidar, it comes up as perfectly circular, 746 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000 so definitely worth searching. 747 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,000 It is, as always, a process that requires patience. 748 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,000 Are you sure you're on? 749 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Of course it's on. 750 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,000 That's great. 751 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,000 But then, our patience is rewarded. 752 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000 Maybe something here. 753 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000 Aha! 754 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Look at this. 755 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000 We have a shell casing. 756 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,000 So you can see here, a firing pin right there, 757 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,000 probably a rifle. 758 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,000 This could be from a hunter or from the war, 759 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000 or the war before that, or the war before that. 760 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,000 It's been a lot of wars around here. 761 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:19,000 Plus, that is definitely not Viking. 762 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000 So far, so meh. 763 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,000 Beer can't. 764 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 Until some good news finally arrives. 765 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000 Hey, Josh! 766 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,000 Yeah? 767 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000 We have something! 768 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,000 Yeah? 769 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 Yes! Please come! 770 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,000 Find something? 771 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,000 Yeah! 772 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Please. 773 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 Iron and pottery. 774 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,000 Pottery? 775 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,000 Yes. 776 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000 Iron, did you say? 777 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000 Iron and pottery. 778 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,000 Yes. 779 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,000 Can I go down? 780 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,000 Yes. 781 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Yes? 782 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,000 Okay. 783 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,000 This is amazing. 784 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,000 There appears to be both pottery and metal artifacts 785 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000 resting together inside the mound. 786 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,000 I climbed down to see what they might be. 787 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000 So, oh, that is metal. 788 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,000 Look at that. 789 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,000 Is this maybe like a knife? 790 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,000 Like a small knife, like a small sickle. 791 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 A sickle? 792 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 Yeah. 793 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000 For what purpose? 794 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,000 Probably for shaving. 795 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,000 For shaving? 796 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,000 Yeah. 797 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000 A very personal item. 798 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Yes. 799 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,000 But somebody dug all the way down to place this here. 800 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,000 This feels like it must be ceremonial or an offering, yes? 801 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000 Maybe a small hoard also. 802 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,000 A hoard? 803 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000 Now you're talking. 804 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 So, keep cleaning? 805 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,000 Yeah. 806 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000 All right. 807 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,000 With some careful work, I'm able to gently free the blade from the earth. 808 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Look at that. 809 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 So, you can actually see the blade here underneath all that rust. 810 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,000 And this would have slotted into a handle. 811 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000 I'm not sure I'd like to shave with that, but beautiful. 812 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,000 This is coming out very carefully. 813 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000 Vojcek isn't ready to speculate about the blade's age, 814 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,000 so we begin to clear the earth from around the pottery, 815 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:20,000 hoping that it can pinpoint when this mound was reused. 816 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Wow. 817 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Look at that. 818 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000 Beautiful. 819 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,000 So, based on the pottery type, what do you think? 820 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,000 How old is this? 821 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 This is earlier than the Vikings, yes? 822 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000 It's much earlier than the Viking Age. 823 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,000 It will be probably about three centuries before, of course, BC. 824 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,000 300 BC? 825 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,000 Yes. 826 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,000 This is a 2300-year-old vessel. 827 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Yeah, yeah, exactly. 828 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,000 And what culture is that? 829 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,000 This is the Jastorf culture. 830 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,000 The Jastorf culture thrived during the Iron Age 831 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,000 in what is today Denmark, Germany, and Poland, 832 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,000 meaning the blade and pottery come from a thousand years 833 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000 before the Viking era. 834 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000 But wait, there's more. 835 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000 Mystery objects. 836 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,000 Beneath the pottery is another artifact. 837 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Whatever it is, it's out. 838 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000 We gingerly remove it from the earth and bring it up for examination. 839 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000 It was placed underneath the vessel. 840 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,000 It looks like something organic, like leather. 841 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:24,000 With a closer look, we see that the leather is wrapped 842 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000 around something even more mysterious. 843 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000 What do you think this is? 844 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000 It's iron. 845 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,000 It's iron, but what we don't know. 846 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,000 It's not ornamental. 847 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000 It's not jewelry or anything. 848 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 No, like a tool, but what is it? 849 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,000 A tool or something. 850 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000 Still a mystery. 851 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 Still a mystery, yes. 852 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000 The items we've uncovered are so fragile, 853 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,000 they'll need to go to a lab for further analysis. 854 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,000 But it's clear that this Bronze Age mound 855 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,000 was considered a sacred place. 856 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000 So they came here hundreds of years after this mound was built, 857 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,000 dug down, and made this offering. 858 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Yeah, it's exactly what has happened here. 859 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Whatever this is, it's very purposeful, intentional, 860 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000 an offering or a burial. 861 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,000 No question. 862 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,000 It's not Bluetooth and the Vikings. 863 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,000 It's more than a thousand years earlier. 864 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,000 History upon history here. 865 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000 So the question is, is there more here? 866 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,000 There is more. 867 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000 Toward the outer edge of the ring, 868 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,000 there's another trench that the team has been carving out, 869 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,000 which contains potential evidence of a Viking-era structure. 870 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000 Okay, so what do we have here? 871 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,000 So you can see here in this corner, the fireplace. 872 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000 Oh, where the stones are? 873 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,000 Yes, exactly. 874 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000 And we can see all that charcoal material there. 875 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,000 Yes. 876 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:39,000 It means it could be the fireplace from the house, from the pit house. 877 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 Pit houses sat partially beneath ground level 878 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 to keep them warm in winter and cool in summer. 879 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000 These remains mean that there were people living inside 880 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 the protection of the ring. 881 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 The question is, were they Vikings? 882 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 So this might have been a habitation right where we're standing. 883 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000 Yes, the part of the settlement. 884 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,000 Okay. 885 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,000 When? 886 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 This is a good question. 887 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:05,000 We have to find something here, some sherals or something like this. 888 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Okay. 889 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,000 And then we can date it. 890 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,000 Okay. 891 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000 Can we dig? 892 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,000 Yeah, we can continue here. 893 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,000 Let's get to work. 894 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,000 Come on. 895 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000 I joined Wojcak's team in the trench 896 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000 to see if we can find evidence from the Viking Age. 897 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,000 Pottery? 898 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,000 Pottery, yes. 899 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Look at that. 900 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,000 Yes. 901 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000 You can see its illustrations on it. 902 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,000 Yes. 903 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000 Wojcak. 904 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,000 What do you think? 905 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,000 Yes. 906 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,000 We have luck. 907 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,000 It's the Viking Age, pottery. 908 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,000 Viking Pottery, for sure. 909 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,000 Yes, I'm sure. 910 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000 You know, for the time of Harrow the Bluetooth. 911 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000 That is amazing. 912 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,000 The Vikings are often painted as grungy barbaric marauders, 913 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,000 but it turns out they loved bathing in hot springs 914 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000 and they even invented the comb. 915 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,000 In other words, they were suckers for a spa day. 916 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,000 And that tradition has led to the latest Norse invasion. 917 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000 It's called Huga. 918 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,000 Huga doesn't really have an English translation, 919 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,000 though the word cozy is close. 920 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,000 It's where we get the word hug. 921 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,000 And it is a way of life here in Copenhagen, 922 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,000 defined by a relaxed, intimate comfort 923 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000 that I am trying to embrace. 924 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,000 Like this wool sweater, which isn't at all itchy. 925 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,000 Huga is a state of mind, free from stress 926 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,000 and steeped in warmth. 927 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,000 Of course, Huga is probably a lot easier in Denmark 928 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000 where they leave work at like 4 p.m. 929 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000 and have five weeks of paid vacation every year. 930 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,000 All right, this is insane. 931 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,000 I have things to do. 932 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,000 I'm keeping the sweater. 933 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,000 Go check. 934 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000 It's Viking Age pottery. 935 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000 Viking pottery for sure. 936 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000 Yes, I'm sure. 937 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000 You know, for the time of Harad the Bluetooth. 938 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,000 Hey, nice work. 939 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000 At a Polish dig site searching for evidence 940 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,000 of a 10th century Viking settlement called Jamsborg, 941 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,000 we've just turned up a relic 942 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,000 that finally puts us in the right era. 943 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000 All right, we dig. Here we go. 944 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:16,000 The find also energizes us to keep digging in this trench, 945 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,000 which we hope has more Viking secrets to reveal. 946 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,000 Okay, so that ceramic came out of right in here. 947 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,000 So just underneath this more modern dark soil here 948 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,000 in this yellowish sand beneath, right in there, 949 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,000 that's the Viking Age. 950 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,000 Come on, Vikings. 951 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,000 You Vikings can't hide forever. 952 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,000 The only way to find more is to get our hands dirty, 953 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,000 and the hard work eventually pays off. 954 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,000 Hold up. 955 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,000 Whoa, something here. 956 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,000 Is this ceramic? 957 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,000 No. 958 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,000 It's like a stone. 959 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,000 It's stone, yeah. 960 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,000 What do you got there, Josh? 961 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000 Piece of stone. 962 00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,000 Oh, no! 963 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,000 Look at this! 964 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,000 It has a hole in it. 965 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,000 This is drilled out. 966 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,000 Look at this. 967 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,000 This is not just a piece of stone. 968 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,000 This is completely flat on this side. 969 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,000 And it's worked. 970 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:10,000 Look at this. 971 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,000 Yes, yes. 972 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,000 What is that? 973 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,000 We have luck. 974 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,000 What is this? 975 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,000 It's wet stone from the Viking Age. 976 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,000 That's a Viking wet stone? 977 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,000 Yes. 978 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,000 Are you kidding me? 979 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,000 No, no. 980 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,000 Look at this! 981 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,000 Amazing! 982 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000 Amazing! 983 00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,000 Amazing. 984 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000 So this is for sharpening, yes? 985 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000 For sharpening of the knife, for example, yeah. 986 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,000 And this hole would be like for a string, right? 987 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,000 Yeah. 988 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000 No question. 989 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:39,000 These wet stones are something that we really associate with the Vikings. 990 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,000 100%. 991 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,000 Right? 992 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,000 100%. 993 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,000 This is such a Viking thing. 994 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,000 Absolutely. 995 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:50,000 This wet stone is an intensely personal find, an essential item in the life of any Viking. 996 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,000 This would keep their blade sharp and ready for action. 997 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:57,000 It's strong evidence that this region was part of Bluetooth's kingdom. 998 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,000 And the stone is really beautiful. 999 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,000 This is like a kind of slate? 1000 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,000 Yeah, it's a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind 1001 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,000 of a slate with some kind of quartz in it. 1002 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,000 Right. 1003 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,000 And the stone is imported from Norway. 1004 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,000 This is not local? 1005 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,000 This is not local stone. 1006 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:19,000 And the owner of that piece must have bought it from someone who brought it from Norway. 1007 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,000 Someone lost it here. 1008 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,000 Yeah, somebody lost it. 1009 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,000 Yeah. 1010 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,000 Must have been looking for it. 1011 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,000 Yeah. 1012 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,000 Well, it's been found. 1013 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:27,000 It's been found. 1014 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:28,000 Yeah. 1015 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:32,000 So we don't have Bluetooth here, but we have Vikings here now. 1016 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,000 You think Jamsberg is close? 1017 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:37,000 I think Jamsberg is definitely somewhere in the area. 1018 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,000 Very close to this place. 1019 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,000 And getting closer. 1020 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,000 And Bluetooth? 1021 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:45,000 I think we are one step closer to Harald. 1022 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,000 Yes. 1023 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,000 One step closer. 1024 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,000 Oh, he's somewhere. 1025 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000 He's close. 1026 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:50,000 We'll find him. 1027 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,000 Well, we still have a few perfectly good hours left in the day. 1028 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,000 Can we continue, guys? 1029 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,000 Should we dig? 1030 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:56,000 Yeah. 1031 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,000 Yes! 1032 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,000 Why not? 1033 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,000 Yes. 1034 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,000 Okay. 1035 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,000 Let's go. 1036 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,000 This is for you. 1037 00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,000 Let's go. 1038 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,000 Let's keep working. 1039 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,000 Come on. 1040 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:12,000 We continue to work until dusk, somewhere in the western glare of the setting sun is Denmark, 1041 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,000 King Bluetooth's home. 1042 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:20,000 But is this ring in which we're working his legendary Jamsberg fortress? 1043 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,000 Only time will tell. 1044 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:30,000 Right now, though, I can be sure that in this moment we stand among the Vikings. 1045 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,680 And a few weeks after our visit, we learned that we may have been in the presence of Romans 1046 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:35,680 as well. 1047 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:41,000 X-rays of the object we discovered in the mound revealed wrapped in leather this, a 1048 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:45,880 small iron key, the kind frequently used in Roman chests. 1049 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:50,920 This one may date back to the first or second century, a stunning demonstration of how the 1050 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,880 Jamsborg mounds have been repurposed over and over for thousands of years. 1051 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:05,720 In a time when kings imagined themselves as giants looming over history, Harold Bluetooth 1052 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:09,680 was one of the few to walk the walk. 1053 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:16,240 A ruler of extraordinary importance, a uniter of men, and the agent of a momentous cultural 1054 00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:19,160 evolution. 1055 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:24,560 To find him, his treasure, and his fortress city, I've traveled throughout his kingdom 1056 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:29,120 and met the descendants of his people. 1057 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:35,400 His researchers show signs of Bluetooth's wisdom, his ingenuity, and his determination. 1058 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:42,200 If anyone will one day discover his secrets, they will. 1059 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:48,320 For now, though, Bluetooth and his achievements live on in every one of our homes, offices, 1060 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,180 and pockets. 1061 00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:55,960 His material remains may be lost for the moment, but with enough time, I know we'll make the 1062 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:56,520 connection.