Sweden’s largest burial mound looted - Radio Sweden

The thieves scanned the area with metal detectors during the night. In the morning, 56 pits were found at the Anundshög archaeological site outside Västerås. – I feel anger and sadness, says archaeologist Nina Eklöf.

The cultural heritage site of Anundshög, Sweden's largest burial site, has been subjected to extensive grave looting. Around fifty pits have been dug in the hill.

Archaeologists' shock discovery. "Can't explain the feeling."

The cultural heritage site Anundshög, Sweden's largest burial site, has been subjected to extensive grave looting. Around fifty pits have been dug in the hill. The police have now filed a report of antiquities theft.

The cultural heritage site Anundshög, Sweden's largest burial ground, has been subjected to what may be grave looting. Around fifty pits have been dug in the hill.

Over 50 pits were discovered on Tuesday after a raid at Anundshög outside Västerås, one of Sweden's most important archaeological sites with Viking Age remains. "It's impossible to explain the feeling of someone so quickly destroying something that has been here for thousands of years," Nina Eklöf, head of Västerås museums, told SVT.