“He Plowed Up $1,000,000”

Sections: Information | Fun Stuff | Criticism and Analysis

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Information

• First published:
  • September 20, 1947 issue of Saturday Evening Post
• Connections:
  • Later reworked into The Mildenhall Treasure

• Magazine publications:
  • The Saturday Evening Post (v220 #12) - September 20, 1947

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Fun Stuff

• Elsewhere on the web:
  • “Roald Dahl and the Mildenhall Treasure” – British Museum Blog
  • The Mildenhall Treasure Project – British Museum
  • Silver service: fine dining in Roman Britain – 2013 exhibit at the British Museum
  • The Mildenhall Museum

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Criticism and Analysis

• “The Mildenhall Treasure: Roald Dahl’s ultimate tale of the unexpected?”
  • Article by Richard Hobbs published in Antiquity