A Merovingian gold coin, approximately 1,300 years old, was discovered in the Altmark region near Belkau, Germany. The coin, identified as a Tremissis based on its style, was found and has now ...

The ring is thought to link an unknown Danish dynasty to the Frankish Merovingian dynasty. More The National Museum / Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images The ring points to connections with ...

But the ring's construction suggests that the owners were connected to the Merovingians, a royal dynasty that ruled the Franks, or the Kingdom of France, between the 5th century and the middle of ...

A large gold ring set with a semi-precious red stone unearthed in Emmerlev, in southwest Jutland in Denmark, reveals the existence of a previously unknown royal family in the region with ties to ...

A man in Denmark with a metal detector found a gold ring from the sixth century possibly linked to a powerful, forgotten family, photos show. Photo from Ulrik Pedersen, Tøndermarsk Ini via the ...

Archaeologists think the man died during the Merovingian period, an early stage of the Germanic-speaking empire of the Franks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...