Staffordshire Hoard is the largest Anglo - Saxon treasure discovered so far. It was found in a field near village Hammerwich, not far away from Lichfield in south Staffordshire, which used to be heart of kingdom of Mercia around 7 AD. It contains over 4000 broken gold and silver artifacts, many of them are stripped parts of swords or other weapons, also Christian crosses and other yet to be identified objects. It is a window to the past, posing questions who, why and why there buried so many valuable items. Treasure is dated between 650 - 670 AD, may have been loot from a battle, ransom for a king or simply hidden away...
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