Click on link below for a picture!

http://sydsvenskan.se/lund/article244271.ece

Sorry it is in a Swedish paper, but this is what the article says:

An 1100 year old Mickey Mouse has been found at the largest excavation of an iron age settlement. It is in Uppåkra, 5 kms south of Lund, where the find has been made.

The little figurine is made of bronze, and is part of a larger piece/brooch that holds a mantle together by the neck.
"It has fallen off for some reason" says Jerry Rosenberg, who is an archeologist at Lunds University

The excavations has been going on since 1996 and will be continued at least over the summer.
Jerry Rosengren is hoping for an extension and says that only 2% of the area has so far been excavated. Approximately 20 000 objects have been found in this, the largest excavation in Sweden of an iron age settlement. The finds can be found (HO! ) at the Historical Museeum in Lund, where the little Mickey Mouse figurine has been given a shelf of its own"


I've just directly translated it so sorry if the words are a bit funny...

wow i can see the resemblance hey maybe mickey mouse was copied. nah just kidding. but im interested to see what they find elsewhere throughout the site.

Fascinating....Old Walt stole the idea from an 1100 year old pin! I love it...Hmmm, could this be proof of time travel?

Tbh, I have no idea, but the similarities are definately there, I thought it was a joke first, but apparantly not.

Fyi, the museum's website can be found here: http://www.luhm.lu.se/

I smell a conspiracy theory coming up! LOL!

Well they could put it together with the tomato that looks like Micky and start an exhibit!

The object really does look like Micky Mouse! It would be very interesting to know what it represented to the person who made it and to see the other objects found at the same dig.

So bizarre!

Mabon.

lol too funny. But that does give some truth to the saying that nothing is really new.

Thats interesting! So is it an idol or something, did they worship mickey mouse 1,100 years ago?

I just sent the link to some mates in sweden. they loved it.

That's kinda awsome. And it's bronze too.

Mickey can also be seen sitting underneath Pacal on the lid of his sarcophagus
this is 1400 years old

something at the back of my mind about two mice called Benji and Frankie

No way? Someone was selling Mickey Mouse merchandise so long ago? At least Disney did not have copyright at that time or they would have sued right out of the grave!

lol thats creepy

This was not Mickey mouse. This was Jezzabeeb, weasel of Tutan.

We do not need to be thanked for this clarification.

R.O.F.L.

lol vikings plundered disney world

The weird thing about it is the smile.
An argument could be made that this could be the makers interpretation of several different animals, but I just can't get past the smile. What animal smiles? MICKY MOUSE!

Thus formed the very first Mickey Mouse Club! LOL!

wow thats awesome lol

so thats where he got the idea from.....

Maybe, just maybe, it's an old school novelty sex toy


Lol,

Gene

I can't see it. but I can see Mojo Jojo (Powerpuff Girls) though. see circled



any similarites?

lol yeah

It really does look like him. Oh and so does the Mickey Mouse thing.

I'm blind. I can't find mickey

Thanks for the link...The museum looks like a wonderful place to visit...And the "Mickey Mouse" is something else...

Here ya go http://sydsvenskan.se/lund/article244271.ece

When you think you've seen everything...

It just looks like a mouse - no micky.

Cheers,

i was watching an episode of History Detectives on PBS & they concluded that Walt Disney stole the Mickey Mouse idea from a local toy maker.
this toy, now an antique, was called "Mikey Mouse".
Disney latered sued the creator & got all the rights to production.
blah blah capitalism.

as for it appearing before our century, well..
it's not like no one had sketched a cute mouse before our generation.

here's a brain busting thought.
people in ancient times were also creative.

Yes, people in ancient times I'm sure were also creative, and I'm sure this find is not of any significance whatsoever.
However, I thought it was quite funny, seeing as back then they didn't have cartoons (well Duh!).

Funny find, that's all it is Anita, take a chill pill and loose the 'tude

I didn't know humor existed 1100 years ago.

i didn't intend to come off as having an attitude, honestly.
no problem. xo

Hi Anita,
I'll loose mine too. Peace, ok?

This is so awesome. XD I've sent links to this to just about everyone I know.

Ha, 1100 year old Mickey Mouse I can defietly see the resemblence, but there is no proof that this really is supposed to be portrayed as Ol' Mickey. It could just be a children's toy/item that just happens to have ears like him.

So, everything with round ears is Mickey Mouse ? ....Right