Comment by rich_sasha

Very interesting. I don't see this mentioned in the article, but apparently the leading hypothesis as to the origin of the Ukrainian state (and possibly Polish soon after) was that they were "seeded" by Viking rulers, I wonder if this is related.

I hope such artifacts make it through the current war for our and future generations, not so clear in the light of barbarian looting of Ukrainian museums by Russians: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/27/ukraine...