Beautiful Celtic Jewelry: Celtic crosses, Claddagh and Celtic knotwork in Sterling Silver and Bronze
www.celticspirit.com - We carry a large assortment of Celtic Jewelry, Earrings, Sets, Claddagh jewelry, Irish jewelry, Celtic pendants, Celtic ...
Silver Cross Pendants
www.celticspirit.com - We carry a large assortment of Celtic Jewelry, Earrings, Sets, Claddagh jewelry, Irish jewelry, Celtic pendants, Celtic ...
For More Info or to Buy Now: www.hsn.com History buffs and Celtic collectors alike will marvel at the attention to detail in this Ashling Aine ...
One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut across an uninhabited heath fringed by forest in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Possibly they were soldiers, or then again maybe thieves—the remote area would remain notorious for highwaymen for centuries—but at any rate they were not casual travelers. Stepping off the road near the rise of a small ridge, they dug a pit and buried a stash of treasure in the ground.
For 1,300 years the treasure lay undisturbed, and eventually the landscape evolved from forest clearing to grazing pasture to working field. Then treasure hunters equipped with metal detectors—ubiquitous in Britain—began to call on farmer Fred Johnson, asking permission to walk the field. "I told one I'd lost a wrench and asked him to find that," Johnson says. Instead, on July 5, 2009, Terry Herbert came to the farmhouse door and announced to Johnson that he had found Anglo-Saxon treasure.
|
Staffordshire Gold Hoard But the treasure pulled from Fred Johnson's field was novel—a cache of gold, silver, and garnet objects from early Anglo-Saxon times and from one of the most important kingdoms of the era. Moreover, the quality and style of the intricate filigree and ... |