The Treasure Vanishes
In the past 250 years, many of Britain's archaeological treasures have simply been lost. Where is the Witham Bowl, Britain's finest Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl, last seen in 1848? Or the Witham Dagger or the Sark Hoard , the most important collection of Gaulish harness decorations ever found in Western Europe? Also on Chronicle's missing list are a gold Iron Age ring, bronze Roman
Bacchus, a medieval hunting pot and fine manuscripts. Professor Stuart Piggott discusses the missing treasures, traces where they were last seen and assesses the chance of rediscovering them. It is likely that they still exist, unrecognised, in some ducal stable, suburban cellar or even in a viewer's attic.
Film cameraman JOHN GRAY Film editor MALCOLM DANIEL
Producer FRANCESCA KIRBY-GREEN Editor BRUCE NORMAN
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