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16. 12. 2009

16.12.2009 Discovery of 3000 year old skeletons

A great discovery was made eleven years ago by archaeologists underwater. They found dozens of skeletons in the Pacific Ocean. Experts estimate their age at three thousand years. Apparently, they were inhabitants of the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. The news was released by the media just days before the Christmas holidays.

Gold coins from the Tudor period

A family from the south of England has made a bombshell find. While pulling weeds in their garden, they discovered gold coins from the Tudor period. The depot has already been registered by the British Museum.

Divers found the Enigma in a fishing net

German divers from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), searching for discarded fishing nets in the Baltic Sea, came across a surprising thing. From the water they pulled out a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi army during World War II.

Interesting limited edition book on sale

For all who like to wander around this beautiful and somewhat peculiar region of our homeland.For all those who love the history and nature of Jesenik, here is the second part.

The bodies of two men in Pompeii, apparently a slave and his master

Once again, Pompeii has proven to be an incredible place for research. This is evidenced by the discovery of two male bodies under about two metres of ash. Apparently they were a slave and his servant who were trying to save themselves during the rampage of the Vesus volcano.

Budding detectorist finds unique coin depot from the Viking period

A handful of scattered silver coins were found in a ploughed field near Brobyværk on the Danish island of Fyn by detectorist and amateur historian Claus Gundersen. When he contacted the Museum of the Archipelago and an archaeologist arrived at the site, they found a container with hundreds of silver coins. Much to everyone's surprise, it turned out that there was another vessel lying deeper in the ground. Also filled to the brim with coins, but with the remnants of the cloth in which the coins were placed...

Rare medieval knife rejected by archaeologists, detectorist paid for analysis and convinced them

Rare medieval knife rejected by archaeologists, detectorist paid for analysis and convinced themScottish History buff and budding detectorist Craig Johnstone searched the woods near Penicuik for traces of the 1666 battle. But on that day he made a find that at first not only he, but also the archaeologists he approached, thought was a modern affair and refused to accept. But they were wrong by several hundred years...