纪录片《大英博物馆世界简史》 056约克郡河谷宝藏（1）（在线收听）

056：EPISODE 56 - Vale of York Hoard 约克郡河谷宝藏

Vale of York Hoard (buried around 927 AD). Viking objects; found near Harrogate, Yorkshire

On the surface, everything is idyllic...imagine a broad green field in Yorkshire. In the distance rolling hills, woods and a light morning mist-it's the epitome of a peaceful, unchanging England. But scratch this surface-or more appropriately, wave a metal detector over it-and a very different England emerges, a land of violence and panic, not at all secure behind its defending sea, but terrifyingly vulnerable to invasion. And it was in a field like this, 1,100 years ago, that a frightened man buried a great collection of silver, jewellery and coins, that linked this part of England to what would then have seemed unimaginably distant parts of the world-to Russia, the Middle East and Asia. The man was a Viking, and this was his treasure.

放眼望去，约克郡一派诗意：辽阔的绿油油的田野，绵延的远山，笼罩清晨的薄雾。这正是安宁而恒久的英格兰的缩影，但如果刨开表面，更准确地说，如果拿着金属探测器在地面挥动一番，一个迥异的英格兰就会浮现。这曾是一片充斥若暴力与恐慌的土地，海洋并没能成为她天然的屏障,她对人侵者奄无抵抗之力。1100年前,正是在这片土地上，一位惊惶的男士埋下了大量的白银，珠宝与钱币。这批宝藏将英格兰与当时遥远得几乎无从想象的俄罗斯，中东和亚洲联系了起来。这位埋下自己宝藏的是个维京人。