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Here I was feeling lucky that Apple replaced my iPhone 3G with a 3GS, and then I hear that someone uncovered the largest gold hoard dating back to the Anglo-Saxons in a rural field using only a metal detector.
The hoard includes 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of gold and 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) of silver. That is more than three times the amount of gold found at Sutton Hoo, one of Britain's most important Anglo-Saxon sites, said the local council in Staffordshire where the latest haul was found.
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It's reported that museums could offer up to $1.6 million, which would then be split between the man who found the hoard and the owner of the property on which it was discovered. Sure, the money is nice (talk about a finders fee), but what boggles the mind is that many are claiming that this finding could single-handedly rewrite the way we perceive the Anglo-Saxons historically.
Could you imagine being responsible for a find like this? The fact that a metal detector was involved makes me smile.
BTW, did I mention that my phone now shoots video? Yeah, I know. Not nearly as impressive.Here I was feeling lucky that Apple replaced my iPhone 3G with a 3GS, and then I hear... more
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The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been unearthed on farmland in Staffordshire by a metal detector enthusiast, archaeologists revealed today.
Terry Herbert, 55, from Burntwood, came across the huge treasure estimated to be worth more than £1 million as he searched a field near his home. The exact location of the discovery has not been disclosed but it is understood to be near the Lichfield border in South Staffordshire, in what was once the independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Experts said that the collection of more than 1,500 military artefacts, including helmet, sword pommel and sword hilt ornaments possibly looted on the field of battle 1,400 years by a victorious warlord, may have belonged to Saxon royalty.
The hoard contains around 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, far bigger than previous finds such as the Snettisham hoards. Some of it was lying in the open on top of the ploughed field.The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been unearthed on farmland in... more
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The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been unearthed on farmland in Staffordshire by a metal detector enthusiast, archaeologists revealed today.
Terry Herbert, 55, from Burntwood, came across the huge treasure estimated to be worth more than £1 million as he searched a field near his home. The exact location of the discovery has not been disclosed but it is understood to be near the Lichfield border in South Staffordshire, in what was once the independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
Experts said that the collection of more than 1,500 military artefacts, including helmet, sword pommel and sword hilt ornaments possibly looted on the field of battle 1,400 years by a victorious warlord, may have belonged to Saxon royalty.
The hoard contains around 5kg of gold and 2.5kg of silver, far bigger than previous finds such as the Snettisham hoards. Some of it was lying in the open on top of the ploughed field.The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been unearthed on farmland in... more
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"This is just a fantastic find completely out of the blue," Roger Bland, who managed the cache's excavation, told The Associated Press. "It will make us rethink the Dark Ages."
Bland said the hoard was unearthed in what was once Mercia, one of five main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and is thought to date to 675-725 AD.
A total of 1,345 items have been examined by experts and and 56 lumps of earth were found to contain metal artifacts detected by an X-ray machine, meaning the total will likely rise to about 1,500.
"I think wealth of this kind must have belonged to a king but we cannot say that for absolute certain," Bland said."This is just a fantastic find completely out of the blue," Roger Bland, who... more
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Debt keeps the rich elite rich.
Excessive lending is the only way to maintain the living standards of the vast bulk of the population at a time when wealth is being concentrated in the hands of an elite.
The amount by which the elite has benefited is startling, and illustrates the problem with lightly regulated free markets: the rich get much richer while the rest do not get richer at all.
Remember, Jesus said it's harder for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Don't sell your soul for money or riches. Riches fly away with the wind.Debt keeps the rich elite rich.
Excessive lending is the only way to maintain the... more
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October - most people think of Halloween but it's also the time of one of the most important turning points of British history.
The Battle of Hastings is one of the best known and yet least known historical event in the English-speaking world which along with the year 1066 is beaten mercilessly into the head of every school child through-out the English-speaking world and then some.
It's often taken for granted that everyone knows it but that's not generally the case in actuality when it comes to the details. What's strange is that there's no movies, no plays, or major novels of the event yet there's plenty of material for it. The Battle of Hastings as we were taught did change English history, culture, language but it also ushered in over a century of foreign occupation.October - most people think of Halloween but it's also the time of one of the... more
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