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To: Justaham

“The hoard contains in excess of 1500 objects made from various metals - 5kg of gold and 1.3kg of silver - by contrast the Sutton Hoo find contained 1.66kg of precious metals.”

Just stunning.


17 posted on 09/25/2009 11:06:10 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: WoofDog123
Wouldn't you just love to know the story of how it got there?

A hunted noble burying his legacy? A bandit hiding loot while fleeing from the sheriff? A trunk falling off a royal’s carriage and being found by a peasant? Rebels? Invader?

Speculation is so much fun.

19 posted on 09/25/2009 11:12:43 AM PDT by El Sordo
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