An amateur metal detector in northern England discovered a mysterious 2000 -year -old artifacts treasure that was burned and then buried.
One mysterious treasure with more than 800 iron age artifacts was found burned and buried in the UK by a amateur metal detector.
The set of pieces was called “Melsonby Hoard” in honor of the neighboring village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire. A cauldron, a glass to mix wine, riding equipment, wide parts or carriages, a large iron mirror and ceremonial launch mirror in iron.
One of the things that most intrigued scientists was that the artifacts were burned or parties. In addition, there were pieces very unusual to that place of the United Kingdom.
“The decoration combines the Mediterranean and British styles of the Iron Age. This suggests that the owner probably had a network of contacts throughout Britain, Europe and the Roman world,” he said in, in, Tom MooreDirector of the Department of Archeology of the University of Durham, the United Kingdom, which helped dig and analyze the Treasury.
As it counts, the treasure was discovered in December 2021 by the amateur metal detector Peter Heads. The curious archeology was ready to contact Moore, the government and the British Museum about its discovery.
“We realized that we were facing something really exciting“Admitted Moore.
Native scenario
The analysis revealed that many of the iron and copper alloy objects had been burned or broken. Researchers theorize that the objects were put in a funeral pyrealthough there were no human bones found on the spot.
“Our theory is that [o espólio] was gathered and perhaps warm in a kind of large bonfire or a pyre, ”he said Sophia Adamscurator of the European Iron Age and the period of Roman conquest at the British Museum.
After being burned, the expert detailed, the artifacts were even more damaged. In a frightening scenario, the objects were thrown into a ditch and went to him throwing stones.
“The destruction of so many objects of high status, evident in this estate, is also of a scale rarely seen in the Britain of the Iron Age And it demonstrates that the northern elites of Britain were as powerful as their southern counterparts, ”Moore said in the statement.
Despite the damage, incredibly, many of the artifacts are still recognizable.
