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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'Amazing' artefacts unboxed by public
Boxes of artefacts belonging to a museum, including many which have never been displayed before, are being unpacked by members of the public. A total of 6,658 boxes from the Museum of Gloucester's collection are being sorted at the city's Discovery Centre in Eastgate Shopping Centre. Lizzie Johansson-Hartley, the museum's collection officer, said Anglo Saxon leather and a Roman tile with a print of a dog were among the "amazing" items which had so far been unpacked, relabelled and "preserved for the future". Archaeologist Mark Horton said the year-long project made archaeology "accessible" to the public. Ms Johansson-Hartley said some of the boxes had not been opened up "for 50 or 60 years". "We're making sure everything is preserved for the future. "We wanted to be in a public space particularly because we wanted to open up the heritage that we have hidden away in storage to the public," she said. More news stories for Gloucestershire Listen to the latest news for Gloucestershire People can drop into the shopping centre to witness history being unboxed and offer a helping hand themselves. Most of the archaeological collections at the Museum of Gloucester date back to the Roman and medieval periods. "We do have some that predate that to the Dobunni tribe - the Iron Age - and pre-that as well," Ms Johansson-Hartley said. Mr Horton said the project, which is supported by Cotswold Archaeology and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was changing the public's perception of archaeology. "Everyone thinks all these artefacts are precious because they're put in museums, in cabinets and no-one can touch them without proper gloves on. "But this is the real world of archaeology... to make this accessible to the community who can work on this material without worrying it's going to break or anything is so fantastic," he added. Follow BBC Gloucestershire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Archaeologists seek volunteers to sort city history Roman lime kiln, grave and buildings found in dig Museum of Gloucester
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'Amazing' artefacts unboxed by public
Boxes of artefacts belonging to a museum, including many which have never been displayed before, are being unpacked by members of the public. A total of 6,658 boxes from the Museum of Gloucester's collection are being sorted at the city's Discovery Centre in Eastgate Shopping Centre. Lizzie Johansson-Hartley, the museum's collection officer, said Anglo Saxon leather and a Roman tile with a print of a dog were among the "amazing" items which had so far been unpacked, relabelled and "preserved for the future". Archaeologist Mark Horton said the year-long project made archaeology "accessible" to the public. Ms Johansson-Hartley said some of the boxes had not been opened up "for 50 or 60 years". "We're making sure everything is preserved for the future. "We wanted to be in a public space particularly because we wanted to open up the heritage that we have hidden away in storage to the public," she said. More news stories for Gloucestershire Listen to the latest news for Gloucestershire People can drop into the shopping centre to witness history being unboxed and offer a helping hand themselves. Most of the archaeological collections at the Museum of Gloucester date back to the Roman and medieval periods. "We do have some that predate that to the Dobunni tribe - the Iron Age - and pre-that as well," Ms Johansson-Hartley said. Mr Horton said the project, which is supported by Cotswold Archaeology and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was changing the public's perception of archaeology. "Everyone thinks all these artefacts are precious because they're put in museums, in cabinets and no-one can touch them without proper gloves on. "But this is the real world of archaeology... to make this accessible to the community who can work on this material without worrying it's going to break or anything is so fantastic," he added. Follow BBC Gloucestershire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Archaeologists seek volunteers to sort city history Roman lime kiln, grave and buildings found in dig Museum of Gloucester
BBC News
08-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
One of a kind 7th Century Anglo-Saxon coin found in Norfolk field
A tiny gold coin which is believed to be the oldest from the Anglo-Saxons in East Anglia has been found in a expert Adrian Marsden described the coin as a "massively significant" find that was struck in the 7th design depicts a man dancing a jig while holding a Christian cross above a symbol linked to the Norse god coin was discovered by a metal detectorist near Norwich in the autumn and Norwich Castle Museum hopes to acquire it. "It's the first one of this type of coin that we've seen and new types of shillings just don't turn up," said Dr Marsden, from the Norfolk Historic Environment Service."It's got this fascinating iconography of a little figure with a long cross - explicitly Christian - over the valknut design, which has pagan roots."Dr Marsden said all the evidence pointed to it being "the earliest Anglo-Saxon East Anglian coin so far known", dating it to AD640 to was struck at a time when pagan beliefs were starting to give way to Christianity, and its design appears to straddle this time of change. Experts associate the design with the god Odin, whose roles in Norse mythology included ferrying the dead to the the 20th Century, the valknut was adopted as a symbol by white supremacists among coin dates back to the same era as the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial, which, as Dr Marsden explained, had a mix of Christian and pagan grave goods. On the reverse of the coin is a design that could be a cross or could be a swastika, then recognised as a good luck symbol, surrounded by an attempt at a Latin Marsden recently published his research in the Searcher."It's plain from looking at the letters that whoever made the die wasn't literate, the letters don't bear much resemblance to Latin - they're garbage really," he revealed the coin was made from a very high gold content, of up to 60%. Dr Marsden also pointed out it was the second coin in Norfolk to benefit from a new treasure definition on "the basis of national significance".The government changed the legal definition of the 1996 Treasure Act two years ago, to try getting more artefacts on public display.A coroner decides if a discovery is treasure and a museum usually gets first refusal over whether to store it. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
West Australian
29-05-2025
- Business
- West Australian
KalGold secures 75 per cent stake in fruitful WA gold project
Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has locked in a 75 per cent stake in its highly prospective Pinjin gold project near Kalgoorlie, completing the first milestone of its farm-in agreement over the project. The company has sealed the deal with a $1.65 million all-cash settlement for the project, which incorporates its Kirgella Gift and Providence mineral resources, alongside its promising breakout Lighthorse discovery and Wessex gold prospect. KalGold says potential remains for it to earn full ownership over the project upon a decision to mine the resources. The development means the company is now firmly positioned as a potential toll treating operation in Western Australia's gold-rich Laverton Tectonic Zone. The farm-in agreement covers four exploration tenements and several prospecting licences, marking a pivotal step for KalGold. The company surpassed all its required metrics to reach its three-quarter stake in under two years. It swiftly defined a 76,400-ounce shallow gold resource at Kirgella Gift and Providence, grading a mineable 1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, while unearthing significant gold anomalism at both Lighthorse and Wessex. The Lighthorse corridor, in particular, shows massive resource potential. Stretching north to within 1 kilometre of Hawthorn Resources' Anglo Saxon open pit mine, which is under care and maintenance, Lighthorse provides serious exploration upside as KalGold looks to develop its defined resources. 'In less than two years, the company has defined over 75,000 ounces of gold in a near-surface JORC resource at Kirgella Gift and Providence. Beyond this, we have defined gold mineralisation and anomalism across multiple prospects throughout the tenement package, including the hugely prospective Lighthorse and Wessex prospects.' Kalgoorlie Gold Mining managing director Matt Painter The company says its all-cash settlement minimises dilution to its shareholders, while maximising the upside for gold-hungry investors. Under the agreement, the vendors are free carried until a bankable feasibility study or decision to mine, at which point they must contribute costs or convert their 25 per cent interest into a 2 per cent net smelter royalty. Should KalGold reach a decision to mine, the company could secure full ownership of the project, cementing its control over a project sitting just 25km north of Ramelius Resources' 1-million-ounce Rebecca gold project. Rebecca is set for first production in 2027. KalGold's Pinjin project lies within the prolific Laverton Tectonic Zone, a crustal-scale suture hosting giants such as the Sunrise Dam, Granny Smith and Wallaby gold mines, which have a combined output of 30M ounces gold. The company's tenure spans a multi-kilometre corridor ripe for exploration, which is already turning up economic gold. Alongside it, historic Newmont prospects, such as T12 and T15, are yet to be fully tested. February's Lighthorse discovery has already lit up the market with more than a 400 per cent share price run on reports of high-grade hits, including 17m at 4.81g/t gold from 48m and 9m at 3.52 g/t gold from 58m. A recent reverse circulation drilling program confirmed primary orogenic gold mineralisation beneath a supergene blanket, pointing to a potentially large hydrothermal system. KalGold is wasting no time, with plans to accelerate air core, reverse circulation and and diamond drilling across the 2.4km Lighthorse corridor and beyond. Targeted geophysical programs are also on the horizon, designed to sniff out alteration zones, structures and new mineralisation. The company's track record speaks for itself: It defined 214,000 ounces of gold across its WA portfolio, including the 138,000-ounce La Mascotte deposit at its Bulong Taurus project at a discovery cost of $4.60 per ounce. The company says the farm-in deal strengthens KalGold's position to engage strategic partners. Its commanding tenure and low-cost discovery model is drawing attention in a gold market buoyed by prices above $5000 per ounce, more than 1000 times KalGold's current rate of discovery. With a clear path to potential production of its near-surface supergene gold deposits and a pipeline of exploration catalysts, KalGold is shaping up as a serious contender as a cash-flushed WA gold producer. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact:
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- Science
- Washington Post
Archaeologists unravel mystery of buried Byzantine bucket
LONDON — Archaeologists say they have cracked the mystery of a 1,500-year-old bucket unearthed from an Anglo-Saxon royal burial site, with new analysis revealing it contained cremated human and animal remains — suggesting it was used to bury an important person. The Bromeswell bucket is a 6th-century artifact that was discovered in 1986 at Sutton Hoo, an Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in Suffolk, England.
