Early medieval female burial site unearched in UK

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Early medieval female burial site unearched in UK Dec 7, 2022 0:31:12 GMT Catman and clusium like this

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Post by politicidal on Dec 7, 2022 0:31:12 GMT

What was found was a woman buried between 630 and 670 AD – a woman buried in a bed alongside an extraordinary, 30-piece necklace of intricately-wrought gold, garnets and semi-precious stones.

www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/06/medieval-female-burial-site-found-near-harpole-is-most-significant-ever-discovered-in-uk

Sarge Senior Member @mcqualude Posts: 5,257 Likes: 3,438	Early medieval female burial site unearched in UK Dec 8, 2022 22:27:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sarge on Dec 8, 2022 22:27:03 GMT They assume it's a woman, the bones were long gone. Cool necklace. I wonder if there was significance to placement of the adornments.

Early medieval female burial site unearched in UK

Post by politicidal on Dec 7, 2022 0:31:12 GMT

Post by Sarge on Dec 8, 2022 22:27:03 GMT