An amateur metal detectorist in Northern England has discovered an "unusual" 2,000-year-old hoard of artifacts that was burned and then buried. The Iron Age finding, named the Melsonby Hoard after ...

The hoards, filled with metal objects, beads, fabrics, and animal tusks, span the Late Bronze Age into the Early Iron Age.

A stunning hoard of destroyed – yet still insightful – two-millennia-old artifacts were recently brought to light by archaeologists in the United Kingdom. The discovery was announced by Durham ...

The Melsonby hoard is a remarkable collection of more than 800 Iron-Age metal artifacts, which was found in a field near Melsonby, North Yorkshire, in December 2021. Its discovery represents a ...

A treasure trove of 2,000-year-old artifacts has been discovered in England, including ceremonial spears, ornate cauldrons, ...

bridle bits and hundreds of other 2,000-year-old artifacts have been unearthed in England. Experts say the hoard is one of the largest and most significant Iron Age finds in all of the United ...

A lucky metal detectorist and a team of archaeologists unearthed one of the “largest and most important” troves of Iron Age ...

These artifacts weren’t simply discarded—they appear to have been ritualistically burned and buried in a large ditch. “The destruction of so many high-status objects, evident in this hoard ...

The sweeping cache of artifacts has been dubbed the Melsonby Hoard after the Yorkshire village in which the discovery was made. Items which likely belonged to the town’s powerful and wealthy ...

A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago, researchers have said. Now known as the Melsonby Hoard ...