The Viking Cuerdale Hoard - Image via Wikipedia
This is not a post about people with mental problems being exploited on TV. Well, these people may have had some mental issues, but we’ll never be able to ask them about it. I’m talking about hoards that people in Europe find in their backyards. Like Bronze Age hoards. Hoards where people are trying to hide their valuables from the Vikings, or to take with them into the afterlife, or just because they didn’t have safe deposit boxes back then.
I love the metalwork that they find in these hoards. A lot of the treasures of the ancient Celts, Scythians, and Northern European Romans has been found by a farmer digging a new well or something. In my backyard I’d be lucky to find an old paperclip.
Here are some links to some hoard finds. I just found the Austrian one this morning. It’s a much geekier alternative to searching for candy or eggs.
- Austrian authorities reveal find of buried treasure
- The Cuerdale Hoard
- Viking treasure hoard uncovered
- The Winchester hoard
- Treasure hunter finds Bronze Age founders hoard
These are beautiful! Thanks for the links.
(FYI, the second and third links go to the same page?)
I fixed the links now, sorry about that!
Wendy, have you seen the pictures of the Staffordshire Hoard? The goldwork is just amazing.
A.
P.S. I blogged about it here.
That was one I was looking for but I forgot the name! Thanks for including the links. All that gold is really amazing.