Ancient

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent has secured a rare Bronze Age solid gold dress fastener. The 3,000-year-old jewel with trumpet terminals is one of only seven found in England and Wales, and it’s the first to be found in Britain in over 30 years. It is the first to be found in … Read the full post →“Another local museum acquires Bronze Age gold”

An exceptional Roman gold ring with an intaglio stone depicting a winged Victory driving a two-horse chariot has been acquired by the South West Heritage Trust and will become part of the permanent collection at The Museum of Somerset. The ring is heavy at 48 grams and is decorated with abstract openwork patterns, niello enamel … Read the full post →“Museum snags Roman gold ring with chariot intaglio”

Two babies buried in ancient Roman York were wrapped in cloth of Tyrian purple with gold thread, the apex of luxury in the Roman world. This is the first discovery of the sumptuous purple dye, worth three times the cost of gold, in York, and one of only a few examples found anywhere in the … Read the full post →“Infants in Roman York buried in Tyrian purple”

Photo courtesy Arkeologerna.Two 2,500-year-old Bronze Age neck rings have been found in Marby outside Norrköping in southeastern Sweden. They were discovered crammed between two stones on the edge of a burial, an unusual context that suggests they were placed as offerings. The two rings are different in design: the larger one is thinner, the smaller … Read the full post →“Two Bronze Age neck rings found in Sweden”