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The Mildenhall Treasure: Roald Dahl's ultimate tale of the unexpected?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard Hobbs
Richard Hobbs*
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Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England
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Just over 50 years ago, the most magnificent treasure of late Antique silver ever found in Britain was brought out of hiding in a sleepy village in rural Suffolk. The late Roald Dahl, the children's writer, may have held the answer.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 271 , March 1997 , pp. 63 - 73
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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