1,300-year-old Saxon necklace among major finds during dig at British housing site

A 1,300-year-old gold-and-gemstone necklace found on the site of a new housing development marks the grave of a powerful woman who may have been an early Christian religious leader in Britain, archaeologists say. Experts say the necklace, uncovered with other items near the town of Northampton, in central England, is part of the most significant early-medieval burial of a woman ever found in the U.K. Traces of the woman herself are long gone —... + full article