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Swedish charity funds save unique Viking treasure

Swedish charity funds save unique Viking treasure

GM4PRO
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A unique 1,000-year-old Viking treasure trove of European coins and artefacts, including Bavarian and Slavic ones, was almost sold off at private auctions. It was eventually saved by two charitable foundations. It will now be put on public display.
3/13/1938 Statue discovered by the Nazis made of meteorite

3/13/1938 Statue discovered by the Nazis made of meteorite

Viky
61241 4
In the 1930s, a Nazi expedition discovered a statue carved from a very valuable meteorite. It's believed to be about a thousand years old and has a swastika on its belly. The statue weighs ten kilograms and stands 24 centimetres tall.
12. 3.2011 He dug military trenches in his garden

12. 3.2011 He dug military trenches in his garden

Viky
6077 4
Andrew Robertshaw from Surrey, UK, dug the 18-metre-long trenches in his garden. It's a perfect replica of the First World War. The military historian and teacher was helped to build the trenches by friends who had returned from Afghanistan.
EXHIBITION: Prehistory in Pavel Dvorský's illustrations

EXHIBITION: Prehistory in Pavel Dvorský's illustrations

strážce
4012 0
This year's season in the Pavlov Archaeopark will be enriched by a unique exhibition of a prominent representative of scientific illustration. He is a graphic designer and art teacher, academic painter Pavel Dvorský. Visitors will have the opportunity to see dozens of his original drawings, which were created in collaboration with prominent archaeologists and anthropologists.
Dog in Poland unearths unique depot of medieval coins

Dog in Poland unearths unique depot of medieval coins

GM4PRO
102151 20
Near the town of Wałbrzych in south-western Poland, a dog found a large set of thin, single-sided medieval coins from the 13th century - well-preserved bractes. According to experts, this is the first such find in the last 100 years.
10 Mar 2013 Silver coins in leather shoe

10 Mar 2013 Silver coins in leather shoe

Elmara
6225 1
A total of 477 silver coins from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were discovered by archaeologists nine years ago when they carried out a survey during the renovation of a house that was formerly the town hall in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The coins were hidden in a leather shoe.

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