Forwarded from Das Volk Des Nordens
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/staffordshire-hoard-most-important-find-anglo-saxon-history-archaeology-book-a9179781.html?amp&utm_source=reddit.com
Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxon find in history
The hoard was made up of golden fittings from up to 150 swords, gold and garnet elements of a very high status seax (fighting knife), a spectacular gilded silver helmet, an impressive 30cm-long golden cross, a beautiful gold and garnet pectoral cross, a probable bishop’s headdress – and parts of what is likely to have been a portable battlefield shrine or reliquary.
The extraordinarily ornate bishop’s headdress is the world’s earliest surviving example of high status ecclesiastical headgear.
Dating from the mid-seventh century AD, its presence in an otherwise predominantly military hoard suggests that its ecclesiastical owner may well have been performing a supporting role on a battlefield.
Significantly, the headdress bears no resemblance to later medieval or modern bishops’ mitres – and is therefore likely to trigger debate among historians as to its stylistic origins because it looks so similar in basic design to headdresses believed by early medieval clerics to have been worn by biblical Jewish high priests and also resembles headdresses worn by pagan Roman priests.
The headdress – made of beautifully crafted gold, inlaid with garnets and white and dark red glass – dates from the period when Christianity was being re-established across many of the local kingdoms that would eventually become England.
It represents the status and prestige of the Church – but, significantly, it is decorated with typical pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon semi-abstract animal designs as well as seven Christian crosses.
The portable shrine – potentially presided over by the owner of the headdress or a similar senior cleric – was probably designed to be carried into battle on two horizontal poles (like a litter or later sedan chair) – in order to obtain God’s help in securing military victory.
Only seven elements of the shrine, all made of gold, have survived.
One element (probably part of a cross) bears a highly significant inscription – a quotation from the Book of Numbers. It reads “Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee”.
Its biblical context is that of Moses uttering these words alongside the Ark of the Covenant accompanying the Israelites in their journey across the wilderness, threatened by hostile tribes. The nature of the inscription suggests that the precious shrine or reliquary (in Latin, arca) had probably been used as a war talisman in the long and bitter conflicts between warring kingdoms in early Anglo-Saxon England.
The ecclesiastical treasures and secular/military items appear to have been treated in a potentially disrespectful way before they were buried. They had been broken and/or folded and deliberately bent out of shape.
Back in the mid-seventh century, southeast Staffordshire (the area near Lichfield where the material was found) was controlled by a powerful pagan Anglo-Saxon king called Penda.
His geopolitical and military activity formed a major part of the bloodsoaked rivalry and conflict between his own kingdom (Mercia) and other, often Christian, kingdoms in other parts of England – especially in Northumbria and East Anglia.
Given the probable mid-seventh century date of the burial of the treasure, it is therefore possible that it was war booty captured by the pagan Mercian king, Penda, from armies led by Christians, such as the East Anglians.
One possible explanation is that the treasure was ritually buried as a Mercian pagan war trophy – perhaps even as a thanks offering to a pagan deity for delivering victory.
Putting Christian material into the ground in such a way may have been seen by Penda (or an equivalent figure) as a spiritual or ideological victory over Christianity to mirror a military one.
Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxon find in history
The hoard was made up of golden fittings from up to 150 swords, gold and garnet elements of a very high status seax (fighting knife), a spectacular gilded silver helmet, an impressive 30cm-long golden cross, a beautiful gold and garnet pectoral cross, a probable bishop’s headdress – and parts of what is likely to have been a portable battlefield shrine or reliquary.
The extraordinarily ornate bishop’s headdress is the world’s earliest surviving example of high status ecclesiastical headgear.
Dating from the mid-seventh century AD, its presence in an otherwise predominantly military hoard suggests that its ecclesiastical owner may well have been performing a supporting role on a battlefield.
Significantly, the headdress bears no resemblance to later medieval or modern bishops’ mitres – and is therefore likely to trigger debate among historians as to its stylistic origins because it looks so similar in basic design to headdresses believed by early medieval clerics to have been worn by biblical Jewish high priests and also resembles headdresses worn by pagan Roman priests.
The headdress – made of beautifully crafted gold, inlaid with garnets and white and dark red glass – dates from the period when Christianity was being re-established across many of the local kingdoms that would eventually become England.
It represents the status and prestige of the Church – but, significantly, it is decorated with typical pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon semi-abstract animal designs as well as seven Christian crosses.
The portable shrine – potentially presided over by the owner of the headdress or a similar senior cleric – was probably designed to be carried into battle on two horizontal poles (like a litter or later sedan chair) – in order to obtain God’s help in securing military victory.
Only seven elements of the shrine, all made of gold, have survived.
One element (probably part of a cross) bears a highly significant inscription – a quotation from the Book of Numbers. It reads “Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee”.
Its biblical context is that of Moses uttering these words alongside the Ark of the Covenant accompanying the Israelites in their journey across the wilderness, threatened by hostile tribes. The nature of the inscription suggests that the precious shrine or reliquary (in Latin, arca) had probably been used as a war talisman in the long and bitter conflicts between warring kingdoms in early Anglo-Saxon England.
The ecclesiastical treasures and secular/military items appear to have been treated in a potentially disrespectful way before they were buried. They had been broken and/or folded and deliberately bent out of shape.
Back in the mid-seventh century, southeast Staffordshire (the area near Lichfield where the material was found) was controlled by a powerful pagan Anglo-Saxon king called Penda.
His geopolitical and military activity formed a major part of the bloodsoaked rivalry and conflict between his own kingdom (Mercia) and other, often Christian, kingdoms in other parts of England – especially in Northumbria and East Anglia.
Given the probable mid-seventh century date of the burial of the treasure, it is therefore possible that it was war booty captured by the pagan Mercian king, Penda, from armies led by Christians, such as the East Anglians.
One possible explanation is that the treasure was ritually buried as a Mercian pagan war trophy – perhaps even as a thanks offering to a pagan deity for delivering victory.
Putting Christian material into the ground in such a way may have been seen by Penda (or an equivalent figure) as a spiritual or ideological victory over Christianity to mirror a military one.
The Independent
Hoard of golden treasure stumbled upon by metal detectorist ‘most important Anglo-Saxon find in history’
Archaeologists believe it was captured across several mid-seventh century battles
Mind, I disagree that women should be brought into battle, unless it's last stand type situation, however they must have at least basic knowledge of combat in case the husband is away and someone comes for her and the children. I just liked this post (not mine), therefore posted it here.
Forwarded from 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑𝕺𝖋𝕽)
Monotheism and Atheism falls short in their attempts to interpret existence in comparison to what our ancestors experienced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrIWoTCuL8&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrIWoTCuL8&t=4s
YouTube
Thomas Carlyle excerpt--Paganism was more than superstition
From "Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History"
Lecture I: "The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology."
Lecture I: "The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology."
I've seen many Nordicist circles excited over this article (link: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6466/708 ) which asserts, more or less, the following.
>based on PCA on the DNA of skeletons found in the area of Lazio dated back to monarchical and republican Roman times, the founding stock of Rome was genetically similar to southern French, rather than Italians
>based on later skeletons, majority of Imperial Romans residents of that area were of middle eastern stock, so middle eastern that they barely cluster with modern day Sicilians
>the Germanic incursions into the Apenine Peninsula, along with the Germanic Holy Roman Empire and the replacement/mixing that followed in Italy as a consequence of it "brought" the inhabitants back to the European genetic cluster, though not quite to where the founding Romans used to be.
>based on PCA on the DNA of skeletons found in the area of Lazio dated back to monarchical and republican Roman times, the founding stock of Rome was genetically similar to southern French, rather than Italians
>based on later skeletons, majority of Imperial Romans residents of that area were of middle eastern stock, so middle eastern that they barely cluster with modern day Sicilians
>the Germanic incursions into the Apenine Peninsula, along with the Germanic Holy Roman Empire and the replacement/mixing that followed in Italy as a consequence of it "brought" the inhabitants back to the European genetic cluster, though not quite to where the founding Romans used to be.
That being said, one would really have to broaden the definition of Nordic if one wanted to include them into that group. While yes, the paper does prove what people have been saying for centuries; namely that the original Romans were more "northern" than modern Italians, but apparently not by that much. On an unrelated note one can assert that the increase degeneracy and homosexuality (and the later spread of the Christian religion) in Imperial Rome correlate with an increase of non-Europeans into Europe, as well as with a rampant increase in urbanism and cosmopolitanism.
Forwarded from Αρυολογία☀️ (The Indo-Europeans)
Roman Legionnaire's #Swastika Officer Ring, 5th Macedonian / Legio V Macedonia.
2nd century CE
2nd century CE
Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
Now my academia.edu page has been taken down! You can guess who is behind this. https://ucl.academia.edu/TomRowsell Please email them to complain
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