London. The British Museum and two other institutions in the United Kingdom announced yesterday one of the elder
Iron age discoveries in the country, composed of more than 800 objects of about 2,000 years old.
The discovery of Melsonby booty
called by the people of Yorkshire (northern England) where it was found, it was announced in a joint statement by the London Museum, the University of Durham and Historic England, the government agency responsible for the protection of heritage.
The finding occurred in 2021, when a person who practices metal detection found some pieces.
Impressed by what it meant that it would be an important discovery, this person contacted the University of Durham, which began excavations together with the British Museum.
In total, more than 800 objects were unearthed, including horsepower, ceremonial spears, cauldrons, containers and other pieces of iron age (an era that varies according to the geographical area and that in Britain some sources place between 800 before Christ and 43 of the Christian era).
The statement of the three institutions highlighted the finding as one of the most important
of that time in the United Kingdom.
▲ Professor Tom Moore, Head of the Archeology Department of the British Museum, analyzes the objects found near the Melsonby village, North Yorkshire.AFP photo
When the scientists entered the place of the excavations they understood that it was An exceptional discovery
Tom Moore told AFP, from the University of Durham, in northern England, the archaeologist who directed the works.
Many superlatives can be put to the finding. Will be among the largest in Europe
From the Iron Age, Moore added.
Although some of the unearthed pieces are similar to others found on British soil for the same period, The quantity and variety of objects are unusual
points out the statement of the three institutions, which highlight the historical contributions of the finding.
What intrigues us is that in Britain people were relatively familiar with two -wheeled cars, but the pieces found (in Melsonby) make you think of much larger and more decorated vehicles, more common in the continent, in Germany and Denmark
Tom Moore explained.
According to a first scientific evaluation, these objects would have been buried in the 1st century after Christ, at the time of the Roman conquest of the British islands.