Live, my lacebia, love
Live, my Lace Bia, love,
Those old-fashioned accusations are worthless,
We laughed at the gossip.
- The fifth song in the Ancient Roman poet Catullus's SongBook
preface
Because China has a long history and splendid civilization, but because of the change of dynasties, many of the history is also buried deep in the ground, and archaeological work has also allowed these dusty histories to be seen again. In fact, in the world, in addition to China, other places also have their own civilizations. And not only are cultural relics buried in China's land, but treasures that have been buried for thousands of years can also be dug up in the ground abroad.
The Great Discovery of Two British Farmers
In 1992, two villagers living in the village of Hockson in the east of england, Peter Watlin and Eric Rouse, were very good friends. Usually, the two people will help each other when they have things, and just during that time, Rouse wants to renovate his family's house, so he calls his friend Watlin to help.
A hammer must have been used to renovate the house, and Waterlin's hammer was lost not long ago because he was working in the field, and Rouse just happened to have a metal detector, so he took this equipment with him and went with Waterlin to the place where he lost the hammer, hoping to find the hammer through the metal detection equipment. Indeed, soon the metal detector was discovered, and Peter Watlin and Eric Rouse dug down to follow the sound of the detector and found not a hammer but a gold coin.
The more gold coins were dug up, the more the two men immediately reported it
At first, the two were looking for the hammer, and after the surface of the soil was dug out, the sound of the metal detector became louder and louder, but both people knew that the hammer could not be buried so deeply, but out of curiosity, the two people did not stop digging, but dug about 2 meters deep, and dug out some gold coins.
At this time, the metal detector still made a sound, and the two people continued to dig up, and the deeper they dug, the more gold coins appeared. Peter Waterlin and Eric Rouse also picked up the gold coins and carefully identified them, feeling that the patterns on the gold coins were somewhat similar to those of Roman times. Because the two of them were just ordinary farmers, and they could not dig up cultural relics privately anywhere, the two were immediately reported to the local authorities in Britain.
The two farmers received huge bonuses
After excavation by British archaeologists, more than 500 gold coins and more than 14,000 silver coins have been excavated here, and in addition to coins, there are some gold jewelry in this treasure, all of which are relics of the ancient Roman era. And archaeologists believe that these artifacts should be buried here after being placed in wooden boxes. It was only because it had been buried underground for thousands of years that the wooden box had rotted, so the gold coins and so on were scattered here.
At that time, experts also valued these cultural relics, and the United Kingdom also had a clear rule that equal rewards should be given to those who found cultural relics. Because these artifacts are in the collection of the British Museum, the British Museum needs to pay for this prize. At that time, Peter Watlin and Eric Rouse received a prize of £1.75 million based on the market value of the artifacts.
summary
These treasures are also known as the "Hawkson Treasures" because they were found in The British Hawkeson, and experts believe that these treasures were probably buried in this place in the 5th century AD. As for who it was and why the treasure was buried here, there is still no convincing answer.
【References】Song Collection, Treasures of the British Museum
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