Ebook: Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons
Author: Caroline Alexander Robert Clark
- Tags: Treasure troves -- Great Britain., Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Staffordshire., Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Staffordshire., Staffordshire (England) -- Antiquities., Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period 449-1066., England -- Civilization -- To 1066., HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain., Anglo-Saxons., Antiquities., Civilization., Excavations (Archaeology), Treasure troves., England., England -- Staffordshire., Great Britain.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: National Geographic Society
- Language: English
- epub
In July 2009 an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old, buried, lost, then forgotten. The treasure trove promises to shed unprecedented light on the most mysterious period of British history'the so-called "Dark Ages"'when the Saxons, Anglos, Celts, Picts, Jutes, and Vikings battled for control of the British Isles and a "mish mashRead more...
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Set in a landscape whose beauty endures, the story of the making of England emerges through a wealth of archaeological and written material Read more...
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