Bornholm amulet Bornholm amulet The Bornholm amulet is an Arabic silver coin with Latin text written with runic inscription. The amulet is only 2.5 cm in diameter. The finding place is unknown but the coin was handed over to the National Museum of Denmark in 1821, with information that the coin was found in the year 1770 on Bornholm. The dating of the amulet was at first considered to be between 907 and 913. In 1965, the dating was revised to be between 885 and 896. The height of the runes are 0,3-0,8 cm. Transliteration Obverse; e(i) (e)asusus kristus= =fil=uis t(e)i fifi
History of the Turks and Caicos Islands History of the Turks and Caicos Islands Before European colonization, the Turks and Caicos Islands were inhabited by Taino and Lucayan peoples. The first recorded European sighting of the islands now known as the Turks and Caicos occurred in 1512. In the subsequent centuries, the islands were claimed by several European powers with the British Empire eventually gaining control. For many years the islands were governed indirectly through Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. When the Bahamas gained independence in 1973, the islands received their own governor, and have remained a separate autonomous British Overseas Territory since. In August 2009, the