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The discovery of a 13th century tar works or settlement

The discovery of a 13th century tar works or settlement

Brumla
8242 4
Tar-making belonged to the so-called forest crafts, along with coal mining, ash making, tar-making or even glassmaking. Their remains can be found here and there in the form of pottery fragments, pans or glass drops in forest streams or in clay scattered by animals. Or, as in this case, quite by chance when digging up another find.
Searched the river with a magnet, found a 1,100-year-old sword

Searched the river with a magnet, found a 1,100-year-old sword

GM4PRO
12823 13
So-called "magnet fishing" - fishing for ferromagnetic objects from rivers, streams, lakes and ponds is generally an interesting activity, where you can sometimes catch a nice piece of history. But rarely something as old as Trevor Penny, who pulled a complete 9th century Viking sword from the River Cherwell near Enslow in West Oxfordshire.
History hunters - mystery on 19.3.2024

History hunters - mystery on 19.3.2024

Elmara
13687 1
So, again, a very "bearded" thing. Already since 2012 there is this "saw", which is included in the Bronze Age, but what it is and where it belongs we still do not know.
History hunters - mystery on 18.3.2024

History hunters - mystery on 18.3.2024

Elmara
16287 15
Since 2021, we have this object in the Bronze Age, which has been handed over to the museum in Hradec. We don't know what it is or whether it belongs to the bronzes.
Elite Indian tomb full of gold

Elite Indian tomb full of gold

GM4PRO
40973 10
In Panama's El Caño Archaeological Park in the Natá district of Coclé province, a richly furnished tomb of a high-ranking Coclé culture man from the pre-Hispanic period has been discovered. The tomb dates from 750 to 800 and contains many sacrificial artifacts, including unique gold jewelry, several pectorals and many other objects of various materials...

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