An bayyana mafi girman tarin dukiyar Viking da aka taba samu a Biritaniya a yanzu ga duniya. Gabaɗaya, akwai kusan ɓangarorin 100, waɗanda ke kusan kusan ƙarni na 9 da na 10. An samo waɗannan kayan tarihi da ba kasafai ba a Dumfries da Galloway, Scotland, na Derek McLennan, masanin gano ƙarfe.
Lokacin da McLennan, mai shekaru 47, ya sami labarin a cikin watan Satumba na 2014, ya kira matarsa da labarin gano abin kuma ya kasance mai tausayi har ta yi tunanin ya yi hatsarin mota. Ya shafe fiye da shekara guda yana bincike a wani yanki na Cocin Scotland land a Dumfries da Galloway da ba a tantance ba. McLennan ba bakon abu bane ga neman taska. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar da ta gano sama da tsabar azurfa 300 na tsaka-tsaki jim kaɗan kafin Kirsimeti a 2013.
Reverend Doctor David Bartholomew, ministan Cocin Scotland na wani cajin Galloway na karkara, da Mike Smith, limamin cocin Elim Pentecostal a Galloway suna tare da McLennan lokacin da ya gano hakan.
"Muna neman wani wuri lokacin da Derek [McLennan] ya fara tunanin zai gano wani yanki na wasan Viking." Rev. Dr. Bartholomew ya tuna da wannan lokacin. “Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, sai ya ruga zuwa wurinmu yana daga zoben hannu na azurfa yana ihu, ‘Viking!’.”
Shekaru biyu bayan gano su da kuma shekaru 1,000 bayan binne su, an bayyana kayan tarihi. Ƙofar azurfa daga Ireland, siliki na Turkiyya na zamani, gwal da azurfa, fil mai siffar tsuntsu, crystal, da zoben hannu na azurfa kaɗan ne daga cikin abubuwan da aka samu. Abin sha'awa shine, siffar m na zoben hannu yana nuna cewa a zahiri an sa su kafin a binne su.
Yawancin waɗannan abubuwa masu tamani an jibge su a cikin tukunyar Viking na azurfa, tun daga daular Carolingian. A lokacin binne shi, wataƙila ya riga ya cika shekaru 100 kuma yana da gado mai tamani. Wataƙila ita ce tukunya mafi girma daga daular Carolingian da aka samu zuwa yanzu.
A lokacin da aka gano, McLennan ya lura, "Ba mu san ainihin abin da ke cikin tukunyar ba, amma ina fata zai iya bayyana ko su wane ne waɗannan kayan tarihi na, ko aƙalla daga inda suka fito."
An binne taska mai zurfin ƙafa biyu a cikin ƙasa kuma an raba shi zuwa matakai biyu. Kodayake duk kayan tarihi da aka samo ba su da yawa kuma masu daraja, shi ne na biyu, ƙananan matakin wanda ya riƙe abubuwa masu ban sha'awa. Shi ne mataki na biyu inda tukunyar daular Carolingian ta kasance.
Andrew Nicholson, masanin ilimin kimiya na yanki, da Richard Welander, daga Muhalli na Tarihi na Scotland ne suka yi wannan tonon. A cewar Welander, "Kafin cire abubuwan, mun ɗauki matakin da ba a saba gani ba na sanya tukunyar CT-scan, don mu iya fahimtar abin da ke ciki kuma mu tsara tsarin hako mai laushi.
Wannan motsa jiki ya ba mu haske mai ban mamaki amma bai shirya ni ga abin da ke zuwa ba…Wadannan abubuwa masu ban sha'awa suna ba mu haske mara misaltuwa ga abin da ke cikin zukatan Vikings a Galloway duk waɗannan shekarun da suka gabata.
Ya ci gaba, "Suna gaya mana game da hazaka na lokacin, suna nuna nunin fafatawa a tsakanin masu mulki da wasu abubuwan har ma suna cin amanar abin dariya, wanda Vikings ba koyaushe suna shahara ba."
Duk masu binciken an bar su suna ta murna da samunsu. Rabaran Dr. Bartholomew ya ce, “Abin farin ciki ne sosai, musamman lokacin da muka lura giciyen azurfar a kwance.
Tana fitowa daga ƙarƙashin tulin gwangwani na azurfa da ƙawayen zoben hannu, da sarƙar azurfa da aka yi wa rauni har yanzu. Anan, masanin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi yana shirya giciye, wanda aka samo a cikin babban matakin tarin, don cirewa. Lokaci ne mai ban tsoro lokacin da masanin binciken kayan tarihi na gida ya juya shi don bayyana kayan ado mai yawa a wancan gefen.
Jin daɗinsu ya cancanci sosai. Sakatariyar Al'adu ta Scotland Fiona Hyslop ta ce game da wannan al'adar. “An san Vikings da kai hare-hare a wadannan gaɓar a baya, amma a yau za mu iya jin daɗin abin da suka bari, tare da wannan ban mamaki ƙari ga al'adun Scotland.
A bayyane yake cewa waɗannan kayan tarihi suna da ƙima sosai a cikin kansu, amma mafi girman darajarsu ita ce ta abin da za su iya ba da gudummawa ga fahimtar rayuwa a farkon tsakiyar Scotland, da kuma abin da suke gaya mana game da hulɗar da ke tsakanin al'ummomi daban-daban na waɗannan tsibiran a wancan lokacin. lokaci."
Wani giciye na farko, wanda aka yi da zinari, yana cikin manyan kayan tarihi da aka samu. Saboda girmansa, ba a cikin tukunyar Carolingian. An zana giciye da kayan ado da masana suka ce ba a saba gani ba.
McLennan ya gaskata cewa zaren na iya wakiltar Linjila huɗu na Matta, Markus, Luka, da Yohanna. Richard Weland ya yi imanin cewa sassaka “yi kama da zane-zanen da kuke gani akan ragowar akwatin gawar St Cuthbert a Durham Cathedral. A gare ni, giciye yana buɗe yuwuwar alaƙa mai ban sha'awa da Lindisfarne da Iona. "
Ƙungiyar Taska, wacce ke da alhakin tantance ƙimar abin da aka samo a madadin Ofishin Sarauniya da Mai Tunatar Ubangiji, yanzu sun mallaki tarin Viking.
Kwararru na sashin sun tabbatar da da'awar cewa binciken yana da mahimmanci na duniya. Bayan an yi cikakken nazari, za a ba da ajiyar kuɗin don rabawa ga gidajen tarihi na Scotland. McLennan ya cancanci lada daidai da ƙimar kasuwa na abin da aka samo - farashin da gidan kayan gargajiya mai nasara zai cika.
Game da kudi, an cimma yarjejeniya tsakanin masu mallakar gidaje - Cocin of Scotland General Trustees - da mai gano, McLennan. David Robertson, Sakatare Janar na Amintattu, ya ce, “Duk wani kudi da ya taso daga wannan za a fara amfani da shi ne don amfanin Ikklesiya ta yankin.
Mun fahimci cewa Derek yana da alhakin biyan bukatunsa, amma ba za mu ƙarfafa gano ƙarfe a ƙasar Coci ba sai dai idan an amince da cikakken shirye-shirye tun da farko tare da Babban Amintattu. "
