[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

The brooch obviously came from Neiman Marcus.

[EggsAckley]

Oh. GREAT article. I'm very interested in this kind of stuff. Brooches especially. Thanks for the post.

look here.

[visualops]

No pictures :(

[Tax-chick]

Cool! I guess the public works accounting records haven't survived.

[4mycountry]

four runes representing the letters N, E, I and M scratched on the back of a bronze brooch

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Obviosly, this is the oldest sign of the Viking Kitties.

[savedbygrace]

M I N E

[decimon]

Probably says, "Driving is a privilege."

[dukeman]

Aha! Yet more proof that my Anglo-Saxon ancestors have a prior cliam to Britain- superior to that of those pesky Normans. I demand reparations for the Norman conquest of 1066. I figure I lost a lot of prime real estate in that deal. Where's Al Sharpton when you need him?

[Scenic Sounds]

the letters N, E, I and M

See if you can tell me what you imagine those letters to stand for. ;-)

[ffusco]

Wow! 4 letters found. I'm going to have to rethink the whole dark ages now.

[nickcarraway]

I'm not surprised it wasn't a dentistry guide.

[SunkenCiv]

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[RightWhale]

We have no idea what the letters mean, except that it would have been something in early English.

funny stuff.

It might have been pre-Christian.

[PresbyRev]

From what I have seen much of the evidence uncovered would indeed indicate Europeans --- in this case those living in what is today Britain - were civilized and had a 'high culture.'

The facts seem to be arrayed against the Islamic-mythos that Europe was a backward land of savages when they (Islamic culture) were at their high water mark ((not taking into account that ""Islamic culture"" was a bedouin cult grafted onto existing Romanesque societies)).

Thanks for the post.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Then the warrior, battle-tried, touched the sounding glee-wood:
Straight awoke the harp's sweet note; straight a song uprose,
Sooth and sad its music. Then from hero's lips there fell
A wonder-tale, well told.

[Fedora]

This reminds me of a few other articles that have been posted indicating a continuity of civilization in the British Isles from Roman times to Medieval times. I think this is the post I'm remembering that you posted a while back:

Archaeological Find May Lead To Rewriting Of History

Scientists have uncovered a landscape of buried buildings and villages representing more than 6,000 years of British history.

Anglo-Saxon settlements, Roman houses, Bronze Age graves and Iron Age homes - covered by thick layers of sand and loam - have been pinpointed using hi-tech magnetic sensors and air reconnaissance surveys.

The discovery, at West Heslerton in northern England, suggests the British countryside may have been far more intensively occupied and farmed than previously realized. The surveys have also directed archaeologists to make several significant finds, including a 1,300-year-old brooch scrawled with letters that are the oldest known form of writing in English.

Archaeologists believe the Heslerton Parish project could lead to a shake-up in our understanding of the nation's history. "Take the Dark Ages," said project leader Dominic Powlesland. "Our work shows they never really existed. Civilization didn't disappear in Britain when the Romans left. Buildings were in continuous use and farms operated quite successfully between the Romans leaving and the Anglo-Saxons taking over."

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[jpsb]

English in 650" I will have to think about that, find it very hard to belive, unless English evovled in Saxony, then it would make sense.

[paulat]

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