Roman Treasures of Iron Age Scotland
The Ancients
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Why Is All This Stuff Together at Troprane?
There are three other hack silver hordes from scotland, and in each of those, excavation at the fine spot tells a very different story. The question of why it's buried is intriguing, but also really hard to answer. Hords can imply wealth as a sacrifice with the gods, marking major life events or showing what a rich and powerful person you are. He has only just scratched the surface of the triprine treasure age - we didn't talk out that panthers or jewelers were involved. But people can learn much more about that from your new book on this subject.
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