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The Staffordshire Hoard: Biblical Inscription

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"Rise up O Lord, and may thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate thee," reads the Latin inscription on this strip of gold--a ...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Mystery Object

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Three pieces of the Hoard have been identified as belonging to one object, but no one is sure what the object once was. Conservators have ...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Gold and Garnet Objects

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Gold and garnet bird of prey from the Staffordshire Hoard   The Staffordshire Hoard: Gold and garnet sword pyramid with figur...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Millefiori stud

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This small stud, surrounded by gold and garnets, is a great example of early work with millefiori. Millefiori means 'One thousand flower...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Sword pyramid

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The Staffordshire Hoard is remarkable for the extraordinary quantity of sword fittings. Most are of gold and many are beautifully inlaid ...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Seax hilt plate

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The Old English word seax is used to describe a wide variety of single-edged knives. These range from the small knives people wore at t...

The Staffordshire Hoard

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This mysterious piece, almost four inches long, uses the same principle as the brake lights of modern cars: The wafflelike texture of the ...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Gold Buttons and Pendant

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Photograph by Robert Clark All artifacts owned by: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Gold Sword-hilt Mount and Pummel

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The Staffordshire Hoard: Handy Weapon

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Jeweled Pummel Cap Rings A jeweled pommel cap and rings brightened a hilt of bone or ivory (artist's rendition below) on a short, l...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Zoomorphic mount

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  The zoomorphic mount is designed in the form of two style II eagles, facing each other and holding a fish vertically between them. ...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Pectoral cross

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A pectoral cross or pectorale (from the Latin pectoralis: 'of the chest') is a cross, usually relatively large, suspended from the...

The Staffordshire Hoard

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Some pieces of the treasure were twisted or broken as if they had been forced into a small space.  All artifacts owned by: Birmingh...

The Staffordshire Hoard: Holy Relic

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Inlaid with garnets, and perhaps glass, a gold cross seems to have been crumpled before being buried with the rest of the treas...

Saxon Hoard - Saxon Hoard A Golden Discovery

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Marion Blockley, an archaeologist, wonders if there is a clue in a lament written in around the 9th Century that describes a 7th Centur...

Anglo-Saxon Hoard: Gold from England’s Dark Ages

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On July 5th 2009, Terry Herbert, a metal detector enthusiast, discovered this large collection of Anglo-Saxon gold on farmland near Lichfiel...

The Staffordshire Hoard, Gold Pommel Caps

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The Staffordshire Hoard consists of more than 3,500 pieces dating back to about 650 A.D. This fantastically shiny hoard is valued at close t...

The Staffordshire Hoard

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The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. Discovered in a field near the village of H...