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Staffordshire Hoard to go on World tour

Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent in discussions over world tour. A selection of pieces from the Staffordshire Hoard may go on show in museums worldwide as part of an international tour. Birmingham City Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, the joint owners of the Anglo Saxon treasure trove, say that they are in discussions about sending the seventh-century…

A three-year touring Staffordshire Hoard exhibition has been launched

A three-year touring Staffordshire Hoard exhibition has been launched The hoard comprises more than 1,500 Anglo-Saxon items found with a metal detector by Terry Herbert buried on a farm in Staffordshire in July 2009. The collection was subsequently valued at £3.3m and is now owned by Birmingham City Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The three-year touring…

Staffordshire hoard of treasures to be displayed in Birmingham gallery thanks to £700,000 Heritage Lottery funding

Published by The Guardian, Wednesday, 13 March 2013 The museum in Birmingham where thousands queued for hours to see the Staffordshire hoard of Anglo Saxon gold is to create a gallery to display some of the most spectacular pieces, helped by a £705,000 grant from the heritage lottery fund. – Taken from Article Click the image…

Article | How significant is the latest ‘Staffordshire Hoard’ find?

Published by ITV.com, Tuesday 18th December 2012 Around 90 new pieces of gold and silver, thought to belong to the Staffordshire Hoard have been discovered. Archeologists made the find in the same field where the 3,500 pieces of the Hoard were unearthed in 2009. Among the new pieces are what is believed to be parts…

Article | New Finds Discovered in Staffordshire Hoard Field

Published by Staffordshire Hoard, December 18, 2012 Archaeologists working for Staffordshire County Council and English Heritage made the discovery when they were on site following the recent ploughing of the same field at Hammerwich, near Lichfield. Approximately 90 pieces of gold and silver have been recovered in this work; many of these items weigh less…

Article | VIDEO: 90 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard found near Lichfield

Published by This is Staffordshire, written by Maryann Astle, Tuesday 18th December 2012. ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 90 more pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard – in the same field as the original find.   The discovery was made by archaeologists working for Staffordshire Council and English Heritage when they were working on the site following the…