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1,500-year-old riches and more than 100 weapons found under Iron Age chieftain's house

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1,500-year-old Iron Age cache of weapons found in Denmark is big enough to equip a small army.

The cache of metal objects included 119 lances and spears, eight swords, five knives, one ax and a rare set of chainmail.

The weapons were purposefully buried during a house demolition, researchers think they were sacrificed.