One of my favourite treasures of the British Museum always catches me by surprise at just how splendid it is. Take a look at this wonderful cape below. This is one of if not the finest prehistoric gold sheet workings in the entire world. It’s not from some fancy and famous ancient civilisation. Having been… Continue reading The Mold Gold Cape
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What a rare gold coin from the Black Death can tell us about life in the 1350’s.
One of the things I wanted to do when I was little was to go metal-detecting. I still remember the joy of getting one and going deep into the woods to see what I could find. Sadly for me about 10 minutes into it I was accosted by a local official who told me a… Continue reading What a rare gold coin from the Black Death can tell us about life in the 1350’s.
Stephen Liddell 