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A rare Renaissance shield from the collection of Franz Ferdinand returned to the Czech Republic

The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Historic Preservation Institute have jointly announced an agreement to return to the Czech Republic a unique Italian shield of incalculable value from the workshop of Girolamo di Tommaso da Treviso (1497 - 1544). Missing after the war, it was recently found in the armour and weapons galleries as part of the Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Museum Collection in Philadelphia, where it has been on display since 1976.

Rare 3,000-year-old grave of woman with unusually heavy bronze jewellery discovered in Siberia

Archaeologists in the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia have discovered a richly furnished female tomb with a number of massive, heavy bronze jewels made specifically for funerary purposes. The grave lay near a stone cairn, dating from the 8th to 10th centuries BC.

Archaeologists find 1,300-year-old iron axe and machete in perfect condition

An iron axe and machete from the Byzantine era have been discovered by archaeologists in the ancient city of Assos in northwestern Turkey. They were found while exploring the remains of a dwelling along with other everyday objects. Also of interest is a small terracotta grill. The finds provide an important insight into the daily life of the people of the time...

Within the walls of the medieval manor was a treasure trove of millions of gold coins

A hoard of 17th-century gold coins was discovered during the reconstruction of a mansion in the Breton village of Plozévet in north-west France. The owners of the chateau, Véronique and François Mion, decided to reconstruct and interconnect the two buildings. Three days later, they found more gold coins hidden in a fabric bag on a beam near another wall...

The gun that killed Billy the Kid was sold for an absurdly record amount

An extremely dramatic auction was held on August 27 at Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles. Guns of famous gunfighters of the Wild West went up for sale; revolvers and rifles that were involved in famous gunfights. The most expensive of these is the Colt .44 with which Sheriff Pat Garrett shot America's most famous outlaw, Billy the Kid. Due to the overwhelming interest of bidders from around the world, Garretts Colt set a new world record as the most expensive firearm ever sold at auction...

Archaeologists find one of the largest metal sets of the Bronze Age

Four similarly arranged Late Bronze Age treasures were discovered near Gannat in central France. The assemblages contain hundreds of bronze artefacts; this is by far the largest hoard of Bronze Age metal objects ever discovered in France. It has also become one of the richest discoveries in the whole of Europe...

Shamanic greeting from the Bronze Age: Carved snake staff in perfect condition

Finnish archaeologists have discovered a 4,400-year-old life-size wooden stick in the shape of a snake. It may have been a ritual tool of a Neolithic shaman. The half-metre long stick with a wide open snake mouth was carved from a single piece of wood. It lay perfectly preserved in the peat of a prehistoric wetland near the town of Järvensuo, about 100 km northwest of Helsinki...

7,000-year-old clay seal confirms a centre of prehistoric trade

Archaeologists excavating the prehistoric Israeli village of Tel Tsaf in the Beit She'an Valley have discovered a 7,000-year-old clay seal with geometric patterns. It is the oldest of its kind to date in the southern Levant, indicating that Tel Tsaf was a busy administrative and commercial crossroads. It may have been used to mark a shipment or to seal a warehouse, such as a grain silo.

Detectorists find set of Roman coins, scientists identify sacrificial offerings

Experts at Leiden University have found evidence that a set of Roman coins found near the River Aa in the DutchBrabant were not "just ordinary" treasure, but the long-stored offerings of travellers seeking a safe ford across the river. The assemblage was discovered by brothers Wim and Nico Schaijk using metal detectors in a field near the village of Berlicum in November 2017; a newly published study takes their find to the next level...

A 2,000-year-old golden disk - a symbol of national identity - has returned to Peru after 170 years

The National Museum of the American Indian has signed a memorandum with the Peruvian government for the return of the pre-Inca gold disk, symbol and coat of arms of the city of Cusco, to the country. An exceptional artifact of previously unknown significance and an interesting history of its owners, one of whom was even President of Peru, will finally return to its place of origin.

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