That is why so many precious treasures have been found, such as gold coins, swords and artfully crafted jewelry. Because they were given to the dead when they were buried, for life after death. Woldring: “For example, there were gold fibulas with gemstones, which are pins with which they closed their clothes. They were also jewelry. They had trade contacts in large parts of the world, so they also had gemstones from India and Afghanistan, for example.”
Glamorously into the grave: exhibition about women from more than 1200 years ago in Rhenen
