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Laura Geggel

'Exceptional' hoard of 800 Iron Age artifacts found mysteriously burned and buried in UK field

A vessel decorated with two human-like faces (one is shown above).

An amateur metal detectorist in Northern England has discovered an "unusual" 2,000-year-old hoard of artifacts that was burned and then buried.

The Iron Age finding, named the Melsonby Hoard after the nearby village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire, contains more than 800 artifacts, including a cauldron, wine-mixing bowl, horse riding equipment, pieces of wagons or chariots, a large iron mirror, and ceremonial iron spearheads.

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