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Article: Hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- September 25, 2009
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LONDON - An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland
with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure
ever found, a massive seventh-century hoard of gold and silver sword
decorations, crosses and other items, British archaeologists said.
One expert said the treasure found by 55-year-old Terry Herbert
would revolutionize understanding of the Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic
people who ruled England from the fifth century until the Norman
conquest in 1066. Another said the find would rank among Britain's
best-known historic treasures.
"This is just a fantastic find completely out of the blue," Roger
Bland, who managed the cache's excavation, told The Associated
Press. "It ...