Finds and rescue research abroad

Subcategories

Tartar, periodontal disease and the last meal: Chewing gum with Stone Age tooth impressions as canned DNA

Tartar, periodontal disease and the last meal: Chewing gum with Stone Age tooth impressions as canned DNA

GM4PRO
5937 9
Around 9 700 years ago, Mesolithic hunters and gatherers camped on the western coast of Scandinavia. The group included youngsters who chewed resin. Thirty years ago, research at the same site revealed 1,849 flint artefacts and 115 pieces of resin. Now, their DNA analysis has yielded fascinating and detailed information about what the youngsters were eating on that day 9,700 years ago, the state of their teeth and oral microbiome, or where their ancestors came from...
In a 1,700-year-old Mayan royal tomb, a jade mask of the god

In a 1,700-year-old Mayan royal tomb, a jade mask of the god

GM4PRO
4763 1
Archaeologists from National Geographic have discovered a beautiful royal jade mask from the mid-4th century at Chochkitam near Petén, Guatemala. It survived looting by looters and was stored in the pyramid's burial chamber. Experts have deciphered the inscriptions and identified its owner and the god it represents.
Golden treasure in the flint cavity

Golden treasure in the flint cavity

GM4PRO
5052 8
The British Museum's latest PAS Annual Report states that for 2022, the most treasures have been reported since the Portable Antiquities Scheme was launched. A total of 53,000 archaeological finds were reported and of these, 1,378 cases met the definition of treasure, including a very interesting hoard of gold Celtic staters in a flint 'box'...
A hunter discovers a treasure trove of iron weapons from the Roman period

A hunter discovers a treasure trove of iron weapons from the Roman period

GM4PRO
12525 3
A set of iron weapons from the Roman period was found in a forest near Hrubieszów, Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. At the beginning of January they were accidentally discovered by a forester Mateusz Filipowicz and his friends. They first noticed one heavily rusted object with a crust lying in the mud disturbed by heavy forestry equipment. When Mateusz pulled it out, more appeared underneath...
Archaeologists find mysterious Roman dodecahedron - no one knows what it was used for

Archaeologists find mysterious Roman dodecahedron - no one knows what it was used for

GM4PRO
48985 77
In the small village of Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, a very rare Roman twelve-pointed stone has been found. Only about 130 of these copper alloy examples have been discovered in Europe, ironically only in the provinces, never in Rome itself. In England it is only the thirty-third twelve-walled stone, none having been discovered in its original context until now.

↑ Back to top + See more

Back to top