In a time of calamity in Denmark, some 1,500 years ago, an enormous hoard of gold was buried under the earth by an Iron Age chieftain, it’s believed. It might have been to sacrifice to higher powers, or perhaps to save it from being captured in war, that the gold was entombed. Recently, that hoard was found. Archaeologists exhumed the precious metal artifacts in Vindelev, just 8 kilometers (5 miles) outside Jelling, after local man Ole Ginnerup Schytz (who’d recently acquired a metal detector) first located the trove while exploring land belonging to an old classmate. The find has been called by VejleMuseerne “one of the greatest gold treasures in Danish history.” Experts from VejleMuseerne and the National Museum excavated the cache—comprised of huge, beautifully decorated medallions (or bracteate), Roman coins, and jewelry in a find that is unique in Danish history. All of which was buried in what was once …