Listen to the Summary of Cat Jarman's River Kings in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Buddha statuette from Helgö island was found in 1956. It is one of three highly exotic items found at the site, and it was likely buried just before the start of the Viking Age. The beads began to appear in Scandinavia in the first half of the ninth century, and suddenly they were everywhere...