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Metal detectorists unearth dazzling Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet raven head and ring: 'It's unbelievable — I'm a bit emotional'
He thought the gold band, inlaid with triangular garnets and studded with tiny beads of gold, was an Anglo-Saxon ring. But as fellow detectorist Chris Phillips searched nearby, he hit on something ...
Metal detectorist who tried to flog rare Anglo-Saxon coins worth £766k to undercover cop is forced to repay £100,000
A METAL detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover cop has been ordered to repay ...
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Stunning 9th-Century Anglo-Saxon Cross Restored To Near-Pristine Condition
The four Gospel writers, three of which were represented as animals, were decorated in black niello (or metallic ... is an ...
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Gold and garnet raven head from Anglo-Saxon period unearthed in England
The artefacts have been dated to the Anglo-Saxon era of 7th century AD, Paul Gould, one of the two detectorists who found them in January said. It’s not clear what the raven head represented but ...
Anglo Saxons removed from course in 'decolonisation of curriculum'
The teaching aimed to explain that Anglo-saxon, Scottish, Welsh and Irish identities were not 'coherent.' In the wake of the ...
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Coin collector jailed for conspiring to hide £12m of Anglo-Saxon treasure urges fugitive metal detectorist to hand himself in - while much of the hoard still remains missing
Simon Wicks helped two amateur metal detectorists flog their findings on the black market in 2015 before ... Historians believe the coins were of Anglo-Saxon origin and had been hidden by a ...