Mildenhall Treasure
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The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the fourth century CE, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Br
Detail of a bowl
The Great Dish, or Great Plate of Bacchus
One of a pair of silver dishes from the Mildenhall Treasure, decorated with figures of Pan, a nymph and other mythological creatures
Our Top Ten Treasures
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Our Top Ten Treasures was a 2003 special episode of the BBC Television series Meet the Ancestors which profiled the ten most important treasures unearthed in Britain, as voted for by a panel of expert
Mildenhall Treasure
…The hoard was number 7 in the list of British archaeological finds selected by experts at the British Museum for the 2003 BBC Television documentary Our Top Ten Treasures presented by Adam Hart-Davis. While the majority of scholars support the identification and dating of the objects, and their association with the…
The Sutton Hoo helmet
Ringlemere Cup detail
Cuerdale hoard viking silver british museum
Fishpool Hoard jewel