Largest ever treasure of Anglo-Saxon gold found in UK

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Adolf Hitler's dental fillings were made from gold torn from the mouths of Jews in Nazi concentration camps, reveals a new book on the German dictator.he revelation comes after a newly discovered document showed that Hitler's dentist had about 11lbs of dental gold from the concentration camps at his disposal for the treatment of senior Nazis. The new book, titled 'Was Hitler Ill?' was co-authored by Henrik Eberle- a historian who has written several successful books on the Nazi leader and Hans-Joachim Neumann- a professor of medicine at Berlin's Charite University.

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - A rusty iron helmet that may be the only surviving relic of the 11th century 'Battle of Stamford Bridge', which was one of the most decisive battles in English history, has been found in Midlands antiques shop. According to a report in the Times, a label on the helmet suggests it was fished out of the River Derwent at Stamford Bridge, where King Harold Godwinson defeated Viking invaders in 1066 before he was beaten by William the Conqueror at Hastings.

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 21st, 2009 QATNA - German archaeologists said Monday they had discovered a burial chamber in an ancient royal palace in Syria containing hundreds of bones and treasure thought to be 3,500 years old. The grave, which contains the remains of at least 30 people, was a spectacular find because it had not been previously disturbed by grave robbers, said archaeologist Peter Pfaelzner.

September 21st, 2009 PHNOM PENH - Two thieves hurled several hand grenades into a local market in eastern Cambodia before robbing a gold vendor, a media report said Monday. Provincial police chief Sann Sothea said six gold vendors were injured Friday's attack in the market in Kampong Cham province.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave in Jerusalem by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. The coins were discovered in three batches in a deep cavern located in a nature reserve in the Judean hills.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - A handmade bicycle, plated with 24-carat gold and adorned with more than 600 Swarovski crystals, has become the world's most expensive bicycle after it was sold for 55,000 pounds. Swedish manufacturer Aurumania has made a limited ten of these golden bicycles, which are embossed with gold leaf and set into a leather badge, are placed prominently on the front of the bike.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has launched the "world's most expensive chocolate bar". The 49-year-old singer delivered the gold leaf-covered special edition of a Wispa Gold bar worth 961.48 pounds to Selfridges.

July 25th, 2009 JAKARTA - For years, treasure hunter Klaus Keppler, the owner of a salvage company, has been looking for the wrecks of ships that had been carrying gold, silver or pottery. Now, after a long dry spell, he has got lucky.

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 18th, 2009 SYDNEY - Looking for a job during these tough economic times? Job applicants with an Anglo-Saxon name may find it easier to get an interview compared to those with ethnic names, according to new research from the Australian National University. The study was conducted by ANU Professor Alison Booth and Professor Andrew Leigh.

June 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Three Australian National University researchers-Alison Booth, Andrew Leigh and Elena Vargonova - have through a study, discovered that Australian employers are racist when they are on a hiring mission. Booth, Leigh and Vargonova said that they sent out 4000 fake job applications to employers advertising on the internet for entry-level hospitality, data entry, customer service and sales jobs, changing only the racial origin of the supposed applicants' names, and they found that applicants with Chinese names fared the worst, having only a one-in-five chance of getting asked in for interviews, compared to applicants with Anglo-Saxon names whose chances exceeded one-in-three.

June 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The toll in one of the worst mining accidents in South Africa in recent years rose to 67 Tuesday as more bodies of illegal miners who died at a gold mine in Free State province were brought to the surface. The police said 25 more bodies had been recovered from Harmony Gold Mining Company's Eland mine Tuesday.

June 1st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The bodies of 42 illegal miners, who are believed to have suffocated when a fire broke out underground at a gold mine in South Africa, have been recovered, police said Monday. Harmony Gold, the world's fifth-largest gold producer, said in a statement that 36 illegal miners had died underground at its Eland shaft in central Free State province at the weekend.

April 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - China earned 82.5 billion dollars from nearly two trillion dollars in foreign exchange reserves last year, and is now the fifth largest holder of gold in the world. The United States owns the largest gold deposits followed by Germany, France and Italy.