- A remarkable collection of Iron Age treasures, unearthed alongside the remains of a young man buried nearly 2,000 years ago, is set to go on public display for the first time.
- The man, believed to be between 17 and 25 years old, was discovered interred in a stone-lined cist at Marshill in Alloa, with his burial dating from approximately 10-70 AD.
- His grave goods included an iron sword, a spear, a bronze cloak pin, a glass bead pendant and bronze and iron rings, with two bronze toe rings suggesting high social standing.
- Experts believe the inclusion of weaponry indicates his role as a warrior or how his community wished him to be perceived in the afterlife, making it an exceptionally rare find in Scotland.
- These significant artefacts will be a centrepiece of the “Scotland’s First Warriors” exhibition, opening this Saturday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, running until 16 May next year.
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