Article: Magical Mercia; The discovery of a Saxon treasure puts the spotlight on the historical significance of the Midlands, says Alex Jones.(Features)

Article: Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon glass in the British ...
Reference & Research Book News;  November 1, 2008 ;     511 words ... ... 9780861591671 Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon glass in the British Museum. Evison, Vera ... Marzinzik. The British Museum Press 2008 142 pages ... This catalogue of Anglo-Saxon glass in the collection of the British Museum features a general ...

Article: Bid to bring hoard home; PRICE: Anglo-Saxon treasure is ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  November 13, 2009 ;     648 words ... ... Archaeologists from the British Museum are currently casting ... eyes over the 1,600 Anglo-Saxon gold pieces ... worldwide centre for Anglo-Saxon archaeology ... Roger Bland from the British Museum. Proceeds from the ... holds one piece of the Anglo-Saxon treasure.

Article: British Museum Buys 1,200-Year-Old Coin
AP Online;  February 9, 2006 ;     332 words ... ... Dateline: LONDON The British Museum said Wednesday it had ... coin, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times, depicts ... source of information on Anglo-Saxon kingship in the ... ninth century," said British Museum curator Gareth Williams ...

Article: British Museum buys rare 1,200-year-old coin
AP Worldstream;  February 8, 2006 ;     412 words ... ... 08-2006 Dateline: LONDON The British Museum said Wednesday it had paid more ... money. The coin, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times, depicts King Coenwulf ... the early ninth century," said British Museum curator Gareth Williams. "We ...

Article: MIDLAND & NATIONAL: British museum pays pounds ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... gold coin from Anglo-Saxon times has been acquired by the British Museum. The museum paid ... Art Fund, the British Museum Friends, the Goldsmiths ... museum itself. British Museum curator Gareth ... information on Anglo-Saxon kingship ...

Article: Object lessons in humanity Object lessons in humanity; The ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Children. What the British Museum must then try to show ... through the rooms of the British Museum that house our Sudanese ... the British before the Anglo-Egyptian consortium ... work impossible, the British Museum (both on its own behalf ...

Article: Letter: the opening in June of the Acropolis Museum in Athens has ...
Apollo;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... sculptures. When the British Museum bought them in ... victory of the Anglo-French fleet ... sculptures in the British Museum, although in principle ... sculptures from the British Museum could not have ... Marbles now belong to Anglo-Saxon culture ...