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September 24, 2009
Huuuuuuuge Anglo Saxon hoard found
And appropriately over the top statements are made by experts:
The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire.Experts said the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date back to the 7th Century, was unparalleled in size.
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The collection contains about 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, making it far bigger than the Sutton Hoo discovery in 1939 when 1.5kg of Anglo-Saxon gold was found near Woodbridge in Suffolk.
Leslie Webster, former keeper at the British Museum's Department of Prehistory and Europe, said: "This is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries.
"(It is) absolutely the equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells."
Yow. That's a lot to live up to. Still - go read and see. There's even video!
Here's the website for the hoard.
Here's the Flickr stream!
Posted by CrankyProfessor at September 24, 2009 7:37 AM