The recent discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard has turned up over 1,500 pieces of stunning gold and silver artfacts from the 7th century Dark Ages era. The hoard contains approximately 5kgs of gold and 2.5kg of silver. In comparison, Sutton Hoo, the world-famous Anglo-Saxon burial ground in South East Suffolk, had 1.66kg of gold.
The find has been described as "unparalleled" and represents the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever to have been discovered, within an area which was the heartland of the Kingdom of Mercia.
As blogged by Sean yesterday, a precious hoard of Iron Age gold treasures worth an estimated £1 million has been discovered by a first-time metal detector enthusiast near Stirling. It was unveiled to the media at an event at the National Museum of Scotland this morning. The collection was described as “the most important hoard of Iron Age gold found in Scotland to date.”
Schliemann's Troy Treasures comprise a varied selection of items dug up at the site of the ancient city of Troy by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s. They were donated "to the German people" by Schliemann in 1881, and became among the most famous artefacts at the Neues Museum in Berlin, until it was destroyed during the Second World War.
The Trojan antiquities have now been restored to pride of place in the - as of October 2009 - newly re-opened Neues Museum in Berlin. There they occupy their own room, in the museum where Schliemann hoped they would stay "for their eternal preservation." Sadly though, the most famous artefacts among the collection - Priam's Treasure (items once belonging to the Homeric king Priam) - are only represented by copies. The originals were looted by the Russians after the Battle of Berlin in 1945. The Russians only admitted to having them in 1994. They have been on display at Moscow's Pushkin Museum since 1996.
The exhibition will feature the recently discovered Jeselsohn Stone, which only came to light recently.
The stone is estimated to be about 2,000 years old. It was acquired by a collector, David Jeselsohn, about 10 years ago. Where it was found is unknown, although Jordan has been suggested as a probable location.
It’s partially legible and, as such, only chunks of the inscription can be made out. It appears to be written by someone named Gabriel (it has the words “I Gabriel” on it) and talks about the apocalypse (a common topic in religious texts of the time).
Part of the text reads (from a translation by Ada Yardeni):
If seems that Britain (the Hoard made it to 'most viewed' on the BBC website today) - and Heritage Key (mine is definitely not the first blogpost on the topic) - can't get enough of the Mercian Treasure baptised 'the Staffordshire Hoard'. Realising what an incredible find this is - or standard archaeological procedure? - Birmingham University Archaeology published the actual unearthing of the collection of Anglo-Saxon hoarded wealth, at that point still looking more like little stones than the actual gems they are. In the video you see the archaeologists carefully searching the sand, digging up the precious artefacts... but help me out here and clarify; what is that - rather funny - apparatus? A metal detector on wheels?
Anyway, make sure to watch this great 'revealing' video by Birmingham University Archaeology, and applaud them for filming the excavation and making that large an amount of image material and information available on the web.
The recent discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard has turned up over 1,500 pieces of stunning gold and silver artfacts from the 7th century Dark Ages era. The find has been described as "unparalleled" and represents the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever to have been discovered, within an area which was the heartland of the Kingdom of Mercia. The Mercian tribe was particularly aggressive in their conquests and fought to expand the land in their control - centered on the valley of the river Trent, what today is the English Midlands - in wars against Northumbria and East Anglia. Out of the more than thousand artefacts, we've chosen the 5 most astonishing ones to show to you.
The largest collection of beautiful quality gold and silver treasures from the seventh century Anglo-Saxon period has been discovered in a field by a plucky metal detectorist, who's previous plights had bought up no more than a Roman horse harness. Over 1,500 pieces have been found in a private field in Staffordshire, amounting to over 5kg in gold and 1.3kg in silver.
An important Viking hoard of jewels and coins unearthed in England by a father-and-son team of treasure hunters in 2007 has been acquired by the British Museum and the Yorkshire Museum in York. It will go on display next month. The Vale of York hoard - previously known as the Harrogate hoard - is valued at 1.1 million pounds ($1.8 million) and is at least 1,000 years old. It includes objects from Afghanistan, Ireland, Russia and Scandinavia, underlining the global spread of cultural contacts during medieval times.
The York Museums Trust in York, northern England, and the British Museum in London bought the treasure, which they say is the most important find of its kind in Britain for 160 years, for £1,082,800.
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