Treasures found in the UK indicate Thetford was Pagan until the fifth century

Treasures found in the UK indicate Thetford was Pagan until the fifth century

Jewelry in a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was Pagan until the fifth century, which is longer than previously believed, reveals a new paper in the Journal of Roman Archaeology.

Roman Treasure Hoard Found In Thetford Forest, East Anglia - Was Pagan Until 5th Century - Ancient Pages

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Jewellery discovered in a Roman treasure hoard in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, provides evidence that Thetford remained pagan until the 5th century. Thetford cat. nos. 2, 3 and 4, left, (© The Trustees of the British Museum [used online under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license]) compared with finger-rings from Desana […]

Thetford treasure reveals continued pagan worship in Britain into the 5th century

A new study of a Roman treasure unearthed in Thetford, East Anglia, challenges centuries of hypotheses about the decline of paganism in Britain. In research published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, Professor Ellen Swift of the University of Kent argues that the Thetford hoard was buried in the early to mid-5th century CE—several decades later than experts had previously supposed. Photo of the rings found in the Thetford Hoard on display at…