Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Excavations in Norway’s oldest city, Tonsberg, revealed an intricately-designed gold ring. The ring, made in part from deep-blue stone, was likely owned by a high-status woman during the Middle Ages. The archaeologist who discovered a medieval gold ring while digging less than three inches beneath the surface of Norway’s oldest town had quite the reaction. Two rings with set stones and granulation found in Denmark were recently dated to the 11th century. Its elaborate decorations and valuable gold hint that the ring belonged to someone high up the social ladder.