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Silver from 4,600-year-old Egyptian royal jewellery comes from Europe

A new study has revealed the origins of silver in the largest known collection from the early Egyptian period. The silver bracelets of Queen Hetepheres I have been a great mystery to scholars until now, but now the source of the raw material has been located in Greece. The discovery confirms, among other things, how extensive and important the trade network was during the height of the pyramid period four and a half thousand years ago...

2700-year-old petroglyphs hiding under the moss

A group of petroglyphs from the Late Norse Bronze Age was discovered in Bohuslän in southwest Sweden. Forty figures including thirteen ships, nine horses, seven people and four chariots were hidden on a rock under a thick layer of moss. In their time, they must have been visible from far away. This is the largest discovery of Bronze Age petroglyphs in the 21st century to date...

Eight-year-old girl discovers a very rare Stone Age dagger in the schoolyard

Little Elise was playing outside the school when she discovered a 3,700-year-old flint dagger from the Neolithic period. The discovery immediately attracted a lot of attention; it is a very rare find in Norway, as flint does not occur naturally here...

He found over 2,000-year-old Roman coins worth hundreds of thousands; he gave up the reward

While collecting mushrooms, he discovered a hoard of 175 Roman silver denarii from the period between 157 and 82 BC. These are mostly intact and remarkably well-preserved coins. It is an extremely rare archaeological find - it represents one of the few intact coin sets of the Republican era...

Searching for artifacts from the war, they found a 3,500-year-old bronze dagger in great condition

A very rare Bronze Age dagger was discovered in a forest near Krasnystaw in southeastern Poland during a search for objects from World War II. It is practically unworn and in excellent condition. It is the first of its kind in the whole area, possibly originating from Bohemia.

Detectorist discovers 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman silver coins

An amateur prospector with a metal detector stumbled upon a unique coin hoard near the town of Padea in the Romanian district of Dolj, about 150 km west of Bucharest on the Romanian-Bulgarian border. The hoard contained 1,168 Roman silver coins dating from the third century, when the area was wracked by heavy fighting.

Celtic scissors, fibula, sword and other objects of pyrotechnics discovered in Munich

A burial site from the Celtic period was found during construction work in the Sendling district of Munich. Some of the graves had very high quality equipment, including 2300-year-old, well-preserved scissors whose blades are still sharp and, according to experts, "could still be used today..."

Detectorist discovers Viking silver coins and jewellery from the 10th century

Two 1,000-year-old Viking silver treasures from the reign of King Harald the Wise were discovered in a cornfield near Bramslev in northern Jutland using a metal detector. The two sets lay just 50 metres apart. Originally they were even closer, but agricultural activity has disturbed their position and moved the contents.

A health brother found a gold ring from the 15th century with an engraving of the Virgin Mary with the baby Jesus

Forty-eight-year-old Matthew Hepworth was searching a field when he heard a faint signal on his metal detector. As soon as the dirt from the trench was loosened, he saw a golden glint. Little did he know that he had discovered a rare medieval gold iconographic ring with an engraving of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus...

He discovered a mysterious treasure shrouded in centuries-old legends. With a willow wand

On April 1, 2023, an event happened in the village of Říčkovice near Zlín that shook the world of archaeology and struck the hearts of all lovers of mystery. A local farmer and spring finder discovered a hidden treasure with the help of a willow wand, the origin of which remains shrouded in mystery...

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