http://www.dragonswood.org.uk/ Dragonswood - A Place for ALL pagans en-us Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:17 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Dragonswood - Welcome to the Wood News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.dragonswood.org.uk/images/header2.png http://www.dragonswood.org.uk/ http://www.dragonswood.org.uk/News/article/sid=36.html This hoard is perhaps the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in England. It compares and perhaps exceeds those objects found at Sutton Hoo. Originally discovered by metal detectorist Terry Herbert in July 2009 and subsequently excavated by Birmingham University Archaeology Unit and Staffordshire County Council. Leslie Webster, former Keeper of Prehistory and Europe at the British Museum describes this discovery as: "...this is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England in the seventh and early eighth century as radically, if not moreso, as the 1939 Sutton Hoo discoveries did; it will make historians and literary scholars review what their sources tell us, and archaeologists and art-historians rethink the chronology of metalwork and manuscripts; and it will make us all think again about rising (and failing) kingdoms and the expression of regional identities in this period, the complicated transition from paganism to Christianity, the conduct of battle and the nature of fine metalwork production - to name only a few of the many huge issues it raises. Absolutely the metalwork equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells." www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk On the 25th November 2009, the TVC, set the value of the hoard at £3.285 million pounds. The appeal is now underway and you can donate here on site, just click the banner at the top of this page. The British Museum book about the hoard, written by Roger Bland and Kevin Leahy is on sale now. £1 from each copy goes to the appeal fund. Fundraisers have to raise £3.3m by 17 April, or the collection may be split up and sold to private collectors As pagans shouldn't we be fighting to keep this hoard here? Time is running out! If you are unable to donate to this great cause please take the time to cut and paste the link below and sign the petition. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Stafford-hoard/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:48:17 GMT