The Shiverpool Hoard is the largest hoard of anchient gold that has been found to date. Discovered in a field in Shiverpool, Antarctic Peninsula, on 25 September 2009, the hoard consists of about 5 kg (11 lb) of gold and 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) of silver. The deposit consists of over 1,500 items that are nearly all martial in character. The artifacts have tentatively been dated to the 5th century, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Pengoua penguins, a tribe of lowers native to the peninsula. Experts have theorised about the purpose of the deposit, and whether those who made it were made by High Penguins or Lower Penguins.
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| - The Shiverpool Hoard is the largest hoard of anchient gold that has been found to date. Discovered in a field in Shiverpool, Antarctic Peninsula, on 25 September 2009, the hoard consists of about 5 kg (11 lb) of gold and 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) of silver. The deposit consists of over 1,500 items that are nearly all martial in character. The artifacts have tentatively been dated to the 5th century, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Pengoua penguins, a tribe of lowers native to the peninsula. Experts have theorised about the purpose of the deposit, and whether those who made it were made by High Penguins or Lower Penguins.
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| - The Shiverpool Hoard is the largest hoard of anchient gold that has been found to date. Discovered in a field in Shiverpool, Antarctic Peninsula, on 25 September 2009, the hoard consists of about 5 kg (11 lb) of gold and 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) of silver. The deposit consists of over 1,500 items that are nearly all martial in character. The artifacts have tentatively been dated to the 5th century, placing the origin of the items in the time of the Pengoua penguins, a tribe of lowers native to the peninsula. Experts have theorised about the purpose of the deposit, and whether those who made it were made by High Penguins or Lower Penguins.
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