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Chapter 41 Gold Collars in the Iron Age
Chapter 41 Gold Collars in the Iron Age
After spending about half an hour, Liang En finally determined the general situation of this small religious place.As he imagined, this religious place belonging to an older era is not too big.
At least judging from the area surrounded by the remaining unrefined stones and a little bit of carbonized wood, this religious site is just a small flat land with a diameter of seven or eight meters.
"It's no wonder that this area has been repeatedly regarded as a settlement by humans in the past ten centuries, not to mention that the terrain in this area is really good." After completing the preliminary exploration, Liang En stretched his waist and took advantage of the opportunity to observe the surrounding environment.
He is now on a small mound at the edge of a field, behind him is a large luxuriant forest, and not far in front of him is a winding stream flowing in a valley.
Farther away is a large field of green grass, dotted with dwarf shrubs like plush balls and a few scattered buildings and holiday cottages.
Although standing here now can feel the fragrance of soil and plants in the air, it is also a peaceful natural scenery.But in those ancient times, this was indeed a suitable area for building settlements.
For example, the creek below should be part of the remnants of the tributary of the river in the past. Considering the tonnage of ships in that era, those ships used for communication in those days could have come here upstream.
This area has plains that produce food and woodlands that produce lumber.In short, for a long time, this should be a very suitable area for building settlements.
According to the map in Liang En's mind, the Viking town should have been built on a small piece of open land by the creek thousands of meters away.During the construction process, some people once found broken pottery and even broken iron pieces in the land.
If the location of the town is considered, it is also very reasonable for the earliest people who lived on this land to choose to build their religious sites on a hill surrounded by woods some distance from the town.
Because the traditional religions in the entire British Isles have worshiped various trees. For example, the so-called Druids in the Druids spread in the UK, literally translated as oak sages.And one of the most famous is the powerful mage who followed King Arthur: Merlin.
According to tradition, their religious occasions are often not man-made temples.But some totem formations made of uncarved stones.For example, Stonehenge, which is scattered all over Britain, is often considered to be their temple in the wild.
Now, the stone circle that Liang En encountered was naturally not comparable to Stonehenge in terms of scale, but the principle was exactly the same, and it was also a religious occasion for worship.
Judging from the carbonized wood, there is a high probability that this area used to be an oak forest.For those druids, this oak forest is a sacred forest, which is naturally suitable for religious activities.
The reason why there are some pine forests around is also very simple, because in the era of great navigation, the native oak trees in Britain were basically cut down.And this ancient oak forest is no exception.
And this can also explain why the treasures in the impression were unearthed from this place, because both the Gauls and the Celts have the habit of using all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry as sacrifices.
In addition to being buried underground in religious places like this, there are also cases of throwing those jewels directly into water or swamps along with other offerings.
After standing for a while, Liang En, who was about to rest, picked up the metal detector and began to search carefully in the stone circle.
It was a little surprising that there was nothing in the center of the stone circle that he had placed high hopes on before. Instead, when he searched the place next to the wall of the building, the metal detector sounded an alarm.
"It seems that there is no small possibility that this batch of wealth was temporarily hidden after the crisis."
Looking at the location where the metal detector sounded the alarm and the stone circle, Liang En quickly came up with a guess.Because of this, it is possible to explain why such a treasure is hidden in an inconspicuous corner of the Holy of Holies.
The next step is the excavation work, because whether it is his impression from another world or the conclusion of the current metal detector detection, it shows that the buried object is buried very shallow.
In order to avoid accidentally damaging the treasure while digging, Liang En simply knelt down on the edge of the land, and then took out a small shovel used to loosen soil for flowerpots and started digging.
Just digging down a palm deep, a golden light appeared at the bottom of the pit.The portion of soil now exposed is only as long as a pinky finger, and looks like a spinning ribbon or a drill bit used to punch holes in the ice.
"Sure enough, it's here." The moment he saw Jin Jin, Liang En became excited.Because it means he has found what may be the most stunning Iron Age decorations in Scotland to date.
If he remembers correctly, the discoverer received £100 million from the museum at the time.
Because the soil in this place is relatively soft, and the treasures are all made of gold.So Liang En simply threw away the shovel that might cause bumps and started digging with his hands.
Ten minutes later, four gold collars appeared in front of him.These four gold collars are all decorations from the European Iron Age, and can be divided into three groups in terms of style.
The two collars in the first group are very similar in style, but formed by twisting a long and narrow piece of gold, which obviously has the traditional ancient Scottish and Irish Celtic style.
The second group was a tubular collar, but only less than half of it was left, and it was broken in two.On the surface, this collar looks a bit like those frostings on a brioche.
According to the professional knowledge learned by Liang En in university, he quickly recognized from the style of the collar that this collar came from the area near the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France.
As for the collar of the last group, it is made of gold wire, and there are two complicated decorations made of gold wire at both ends.It seems that the complexity of the process is much more complicated than the other three.
Interestingly, the style of the collar itself is a standard local style.But this gold weaving process all comes from ancient Rome and ancient Greece.
In other words, this gold collar was probably made by a jewelry craftsman who mastered ancient Greek or ancient Roman craftsmanship according to the requirements of a local big shot.
This is actually an important find because it represents 300 years before the Romans came to Britain.Those living in Scotland already communicated with France and even southern Europe.
And when all these golden collars were cleaned up, Liang En also got two [Detection (N)] and one [Appraisal (N) card,
After clearing out all these treasures, Liang En immediately returned to his car with these gold collars, and then spent an hour writing an article combining his discoveries and guesses with the photos from the excavation process.
He then emailed the article to the Department of Underground Treasures at the National Museum of Scotland.This is done because it is an independent department, reporting only to the Queen and the Treasurer of the Royal Household.
Compared with museums, this institution directly under London is obviously more reliable.That's why Liang En chose to notify them directly.
Of course, he also uploaded those photos and files to the network disk as his last protection.
(End of this chapter)
After spending about half an hour, Liang En finally determined the general situation of this small religious place.As he imagined, this religious place belonging to an older era is not too big.
At least judging from the area surrounded by the remaining unrefined stones and a little bit of carbonized wood, this religious site is just a small flat land with a diameter of seven or eight meters.
"It's no wonder that this area has been repeatedly regarded as a settlement by humans in the past ten centuries, not to mention that the terrain in this area is really good." After completing the preliminary exploration, Liang En stretched his waist and took advantage of the opportunity to observe the surrounding environment.
He is now on a small mound at the edge of a field, behind him is a large luxuriant forest, and not far in front of him is a winding stream flowing in a valley.
Farther away is a large field of green grass, dotted with dwarf shrubs like plush balls and a few scattered buildings and holiday cottages.
Although standing here now can feel the fragrance of soil and plants in the air, it is also a peaceful natural scenery.But in those ancient times, this was indeed a suitable area for building settlements.
For example, the creek below should be part of the remnants of the tributary of the river in the past. Considering the tonnage of ships in that era, those ships used for communication in those days could have come here upstream.
This area has plains that produce food and woodlands that produce lumber.In short, for a long time, this should be a very suitable area for building settlements.
According to the map in Liang En's mind, the Viking town should have been built on a small piece of open land by the creek thousands of meters away.During the construction process, some people once found broken pottery and even broken iron pieces in the land.
If the location of the town is considered, it is also very reasonable for the earliest people who lived on this land to choose to build their religious sites on a hill surrounded by woods some distance from the town.
Because the traditional religions in the entire British Isles have worshiped various trees. For example, the so-called Druids in the Druids spread in the UK, literally translated as oak sages.And one of the most famous is the powerful mage who followed King Arthur: Merlin.
According to tradition, their religious occasions are often not man-made temples.But some totem formations made of uncarved stones.For example, Stonehenge, which is scattered all over Britain, is often considered to be their temple in the wild.
Now, the stone circle that Liang En encountered was naturally not comparable to Stonehenge in terms of scale, but the principle was exactly the same, and it was also a religious occasion for worship.
Judging from the carbonized wood, there is a high probability that this area used to be an oak forest.For those druids, this oak forest is a sacred forest, which is naturally suitable for religious activities.
The reason why there are some pine forests around is also very simple, because in the era of great navigation, the native oak trees in Britain were basically cut down.And this ancient oak forest is no exception.
And this can also explain why the treasures in the impression were unearthed from this place, because both the Gauls and the Celts have the habit of using all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry as sacrifices.
In addition to being buried underground in religious places like this, there are also cases of throwing those jewels directly into water or swamps along with other offerings.
After standing for a while, Liang En, who was about to rest, picked up the metal detector and began to search carefully in the stone circle.
It was a little surprising that there was nothing in the center of the stone circle that he had placed high hopes on before. Instead, when he searched the place next to the wall of the building, the metal detector sounded an alarm.
"It seems that there is no small possibility that this batch of wealth was temporarily hidden after the crisis."
Looking at the location where the metal detector sounded the alarm and the stone circle, Liang En quickly came up with a guess.Because of this, it is possible to explain why such a treasure is hidden in an inconspicuous corner of the Holy of Holies.
The next step is the excavation work, because whether it is his impression from another world or the conclusion of the current metal detector detection, it shows that the buried object is buried very shallow.
In order to avoid accidentally damaging the treasure while digging, Liang En simply knelt down on the edge of the land, and then took out a small shovel used to loosen soil for flowerpots and started digging.
Just digging down a palm deep, a golden light appeared at the bottom of the pit.The portion of soil now exposed is only as long as a pinky finger, and looks like a spinning ribbon or a drill bit used to punch holes in the ice.
"Sure enough, it's here." The moment he saw Jin Jin, Liang En became excited.Because it means he has found what may be the most stunning Iron Age decorations in Scotland to date.
If he remembers correctly, the discoverer received £100 million from the museum at the time.
Because the soil in this place is relatively soft, and the treasures are all made of gold.So Liang En simply threw away the shovel that might cause bumps and started digging with his hands.
Ten minutes later, four gold collars appeared in front of him.These four gold collars are all decorations from the European Iron Age, and can be divided into three groups in terms of style.
The two collars in the first group are very similar in style, but formed by twisting a long and narrow piece of gold, which obviously has the traditional ancient Scottish and Irish Celtic style.
The second group was a tubular collar, but only less than half of it was left, and it was broken in two.On the surface, this collar looks a bit like those frostings on a brioche.
According to the professional knowledge learned by Liang En in university, he quickly recognized from the style of the collar that this collar came from the area near the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France.
As for the collar of the last group, it is made of gold wire, and there are two complicated decorations made of gold wire at both ends.It seems that the complexity of the process is much more complicated than the other three.
Interestingly, the style of the collar itself is a standard local style.But this gold weaving process all comes from ancient Rome and ancient Greece.
In other words, this gold collar was probably made by a jewelry craftsman who mastered ancient Greek or ancient Roman craftsmanship according to the requirements of a local big shot.
This is actually an important find because it represents 300 years before the Romans came to Britain.Those living in Scotland already communicated with France and even southern Europe.
And when all these golden collars were cleaned up, Liang En also got two [Detection (N)] and one [Appraisal (N) card,
After clearing out all these treasures, Liang En immediately returned to his car with these gold collars, and then spent an hour writing an article combining his discoveries and guesses with the photos from the excavation process.
He then emailed the article to the Department of Underground Treasures at the National Museum of Scotland.This is done because it is an independent department, reporting only to the Queen and the Treasurer of the Royal Household.
Compared with museums, this institution directly under London is obviously more reliable.That's why Liang En chose to notify them directly.
Of course, he also uploaded those photos and files to the network disk as his last protection.
(End of this chapter)
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