Archaeologists discover extraordinary treasure in Anglo-Saxon cemetery Time Team Chronicle

While investigating a Bronze Age burial mound in the New Forest, Tony and the team discover a Saxon cemetery with a surprising range of grave goods – spears, shields, jewelry – and a collection of rare buckets unique in Great Britain. Brittany. A Byzantine brass bucket – one of 11 in the world – was discovered during three-day excavations at a Saxon cemetery a year ago. Now Time Team returns to learn more about the people who lived and died here.

The Staffordshire Hoard is the greatest treasure of Anglo-Saxon goldsmithing ever discovered. It is described as "perhaps the finest collection of early medieval objects ever discovered."

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