HET FEIT OVER GEMSTONE JEWELLERY UK DAT NIEMAND VOORSTELT

The Sutton Hoo imitation buckle and a gold, glass and garnet shoulder-clasp (c. late 500s-early 600s) are among more than 300 objects dating from about AD500-1000 being displayed to help challenge the idea that the “Silk Road” between east and west emerged only in the 19th century. “The question kan zijn: did they select these garnets simply