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Archaeologists Pulled a 1,500-Year-Old Sword From a Hidden Grave
A blade like this was recently unearthed in the ... discovered the sword and other artifacts as they excavated an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Canterbury in the UK county of Kent, according to ...
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Exceptionally well-preserved 1,500-year-old sword unearthed in Anglo-Saxon cemetery
excavated from an “extraordinary Anglo-Saxon cemetery,” has been compared to the famed swords of Dover and Sutton Hoo. Exquisitely crafted and featuring runic script along its blade ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
A blade of finely patterned iron and steel would ... It may have been a collection of Anglo-Saxon heirlooms buried at a later time. Today the vanished Mercian landscape is evoked by surviving ...