A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago, researchers have said.

“The destruction of so many high-status objects, evident in this hoard, is also of a scale rarely seen in Iron Age Britain and demonstrates that the elites of northern Britain were just as powerful as their southern counterparts,” Tom Moore, an Iron Age archeologist at Durham University, said in a statement.

One of the largest and most significant Iron Age hoards ever discovered in the UK has been unveiled. It will likely reshape our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago. View on euronews