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It sheds new light on Iron Age life in the north and Britain, but it also demonstrates connections with Europe.' The Yorkshire Museum is launching a fundraising campaign to secure the hoard.

The Melsonby Hoard, as it’s called, consists of over 800 artifacts, each from 2,000 years ago. Found near Melsonby, a village ...

"The presence of materials imported from the Mediterranean, and a type of continental European wagon new to Britain, challenges the idea that Iron Age Britons were isolated," Garrow said. "Instead, it ...

“It sheds new light on Iron Age life in the north and Britain, but it also demonstrates connections with Europe.” Dr Sophia Adams, an expert on the era at the British Museum, said: “This is ...

In a video clip posted on the university’s website, Tom Moore, an archaeology professor who specializes in the British and European Iron Age, said: “It was only really when we went back to ...

According to researchers at Durham University, the collection suggests the presence of a wealthy class of Iron Age elites who were influenced by trade and cultural exchange with ancient Europe.

"It sheds new light on Iron Age life in the north and Britain, but it also demonstrates connections with Europe." Heritage minister Sir Chris Bryant added: "The Melsonby Hoard is an extraordinary ...