Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in Britain, expert compares the find to Book of Kells

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - A metal detecting enthusiast has uncovered a brooch and skull in an Oxfordshire field in England, which may belong to a 6th century Saxon princess. According to a report in the Herald Series, the early sixth century skeleton was found in West Hanney, near Wantage, by Chris Bayston from Yorkshire, who picked up a signal at a weekend metal detecting rally at the farm, which is not being named to protect the site.

September 24th, 2009 Who were the Anglo-Saxons?The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who gradually invaded England starting in the 5th century in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire. Originally, they came from what is now the coastal region of northwest Germany.

September 24th, 2009 Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in UKLONDON — An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered, a massive collection of gold and silver crosses, sword decorations and other items, British archaeologists said Thursday. One expert said the treasure would revolutionize understanding of the Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic people who ruled England from the fifth century until the Norman conquest in 1066.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed the largest-ever amount of gold and silver from the Anglo-Saxon period found in Britain, archaeologists said Thursday. Terry Herbert, 55, came across the hoard as he searched fields near his home in Staffordshire, central Britain, in July, using his trusted 14-year-old metal detector.

September 24th, 2009 Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UKLONDON — It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts. The discovery sent a thrill through Britain's archaeological community, which said Thursday that it offers new insight into the world of the Anglo-Saxons, who ruled England from the fifth century until the 1066 Norman invasion and whose cultural influence is still felt throughout the English-speaking world.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - A coroner has declared the discovery of a collection of Roman, Bronze, and Iron Age artifacts discovered in Crow Country, UK, as treasure. The items, which were originally dug up from a site in Ashwell in 2003, include the silver base of a Roman figurine, pieces of armour dating back to the Iron Age, and hundreds of coins and bone fragments.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - An archaeological dig at the heart of Cambridge University, UK, has revealed Roman pottery, medieval remains and 11th Century dog bones. According to a report by BBC News, the dig has been taking place beneath a tearoom in the university's central offices, known as the Old Schools.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - A housewife in Britain discovered a 15th-century gold treasure depicting the Holy Trinity worth 250,000 pounds - using a metal detector. Mary Hannaby, from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, found the relic while on a regular six-hour Sunday detecting walks carrying the instrument with her son Michael, a 33 year-old wood carver.

June 25th, 2009 Sky Saxon of '60s rock band the Seeds diesAUSTIN, Texas — Sky Saxon, lead singer and founder of the 1960s band the "Seeds," who had a Top 40 hit in 1967 with "Pushin' Too Hard," has died after a brief illness. Publicist Jen Marchand said Saxon died Thursday but did not have other details.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - The discovery of a sword stud beneath shops in Monmouth, Wales, could be evidence of an Anglo-Saxon period settlement, which might rewrite Welsh history. According to a report in Western Mail, at barely a centimetre across and almost unrecognisable after centuries underground, the stud could shed light on an almost unknown era of Welsh history.

June 4th, 2009 Fla. explorers may lose vast treasure to SpainTAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge says deep-sea explorers based in Florida should give 17 tons of shipwreck treasure back to Spain.

March 20th, 2009 LONDON - An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed rare Iron Age artifacts buried as part of a religious offering in Newport, South Wales. Two bronze bowls and a bronze wine strainer, described by an expert as of "great importance for the UK," were found by Craig Mills, a 35-year-old security guard.

March 13th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers have revealed the gentle side of Viking warriors, insisting that the Scandinavian invaders - known for raiding and colonizing Britain in the 11th century - were model immigrants who formed harmonious relationships with the natives. From the time they ransacked a priory at Lindisfarne in 793, the Vikings have had a bad press.

January 29th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia could have the right to file a claim for part of treasure worth billions of dollars on board a British cargo ship sunk by a German submarine during World War II, experts said. The British cargo ship, torpedoed in June 1942 while carrying precious metals to the US to help pay for the Allied war effort under the Lend-Lease Act, was recently discovered by the Sub Sea Research company off Guyana.

December 23rd, 2008 JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists have found a rare, 1,300-year-old treasure under a car park just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem - 264 golden coins from the Byzantine Empire. The coins bear the image of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, who ruled over the medieval successor to the Roman Empire from 610 to 641 AD.