I took this picture at an archaeology museum I visited in Denmark with my study abroad program. When archaeologists excavated this well, they discovered a surprise; all the gold necklaces, armbands, and bracelets that are shown displayed around the well were inside it. Apparently they had been tossed in as some sort of offering or sacrifice. Who knows, maybe it did function as a sort of wishing well, just as the wishing wells we throw coins in today.
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