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Well-Preserved Runic-Inscribed Sword Unearthed from a Cemetery, Sheds New Light on Funerary Practices
There were leather-and-wood scabbards and beaver fur that were part of its make ... into the Anglo-Saxon funerary customs. Conservator Dana Goodburn-Brown discovered fly pupae on the sword which ...
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Archaeologists May Have Found an English King’s Long-Lost Castle... Thanks to His Toilet
The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
But it is the six centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule ... The number of sword pommels in the Staffordshire Hoard, 92, roughly corresponds with the number of men noted as making up one nobleman's ...
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Mystery North Norfolk treasure 'could be sword-related'
The early Anglo-Saxon object found in North Norfolk 'looks like it fits into something else', an expert has said A mystery object found by a metal detector in Norfolk could be linked to a sword ...
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Anglo-Saxon Britain
Experts from Littlehampton Museum believe the small gold plate may have been decoration on a sword. The Anglo-Saxons "made the whole thing from scratch" rather than reuse an old coin, says an expert.