IN PICTURES: Swedish orienteering enthusiast finds rare Bronze Age treasure

The find includes necklaces, ankle rings, and other objects from the Nordic Bronze Age, dated to around 1100-500 BC, and is described as very large and rare.

It was found near Alingsås, after a man who was out preparing a map for orienteering stumbled on it next to a couple of rocks.

The objects were in such well-preserved condition that archaeologists first suspected they were copies, but a thorough examination showed they were in fact over two millennia old.

Archaeologists say they probably belonged to women of high status, and were once upon a time used to show off their wealth and social standing.