Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Vatican eyes the Staffordshire Hoard

It has been described as the “stuff of dreams”. It brought one archaeologist to tears at the very sight of it.

But the awe-inspiring Staffordshire Hoard, one of the most important discoveries of Anglo-Saxon treasure in British history, may be whisked away by the Vatican...

...the Christian significance of some of the relics, including a folded cross and a bracelet with a Biblical inscription, that led to a significant phone call to Midland archaeologists from the Vatican...

...the Vatican think[s] it may be the lost treasure of St Edwin


So gimme gimme gimme. I'd tell them to STFU.

Read more here.

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