A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful than previously thought, an archaeologist has said. Dr Adam Parker from the ...

The collection, which dates to the first century C.E., includes items ranging from elaborately decorated horse harnesses to ornate cauldrons ...

That's the conclusion archaeologists drew from a cache of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts from northeast England dating back about 2,000 years. Found in a field near Melsonby, North Yorkshire ...

The Iron Age in Britain started as the Bronze Age finished ... in 43AD they had already established connections with lots of tribes and could have exerted a degree of political influence.

One of the most significant aspects of this discovery is the first evidence of four-wheeled wagons used by Iron-Age British tribes, possibly imitating vehicles seen in continental Europe.

“I think it’s Iron Age,” said the caller ... grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago, experts announced. Ancient Hunting Kit ...

and travel among Britain's Iron Age tribes. "This is the largest single deposit of horse harness and vehicle parts excavated in Britain," said Dr. Sophia Adams, an expert on the era at the British ...

Tribes frequently fought bloody battles using ... the wine mixing bowl which is decorated in both Mediterranean and Iron Age styles." Iron tyres fitted to the wooden wheels were found to have ...

Some of the unearthed artefacts are on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful ...