Iron Age
Archaeological period
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| September 18 2024 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Noonans Mayfair auction house sold the Helmingham Hall Hoard lots for a collective price of £132,865, with proceeds to be split between George Ridgway and Helmingham Hall's owners.
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| 2021 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
George Ridgway made a follow-up visit to the site and discovered 14 more coins from the hoard.
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| 2021 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Further archaeological investigation and finds related to the Helmingham Hall hoard, with continued documentation under the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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| 2020 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
George Ridgway returned to the site and found an additional 9 coins from the hoard.
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| 2020 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Subsequent archaeological finds continuing the excavation and documentation of the Helmingham Hall coin hoard.
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| October 3 2020 | Egypt unveils 59 coffins of priests and clerks from the 26th Dynasty, dating back nearly 2,500 years. |
| May 2020 | An Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission led by Esther Ponce reveals a unique cemetery from the 26th Dynasty at the site of ancient Oxyrhynchus, uncovering glazed limestone structures, bronze coins, clay seals, Roman tombstones, and small crosses. |
| 2019 |
Axial Age
A collective History of the Axial Age was published, with scholars generally contesting the existence of a confined Axial Age while accepting the concept of 'axiality'.
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| September 9 2019 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Metal detectorist George Ridgway discovered the Helmingham Hall Hoard on the estate's grounds, finding an initial 206 coins less than a metre below the surface in a former pond area now used as a barley field.
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| September 8 2019 |
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Initial discovery of the Helmingham Hall hoard near Helmingham and Stowmarket, Suffolk, consisting of 748 gold and silver denarii from various periods of Roman and Iron Age coinage.
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| 2018 |
Iron metallurgy in Africa
Archaeologist Augustin Holl argues that independent invention of iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa is most likely.
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| 2014 |
Iron metallurgy in Africa
Archaeo-metallurgist Manfred Eggert argues that evidence suggests an independent invention of iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| 2013 |
Axial Age
Iain Provan published a comprehensive critique of the Axial Age concept in his book 'Convenient Myths'.
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