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A detectorist has discovered a totally unique medieval seal

A medieval seal die with several unique and previously unknown elements has been discovered in a field near Horsham St Faith, north of Norwich in south-east England, using a metal detector. The massive silver and gilt seal dates from the late 13th or early 14th century. It opens a window into the past, when everyday life was linked to religious practices and personal spirituality.

"Pompeii of the North" revealed a treasure trove of coins and gems

A treasure trove of rare silver and bronze coins from the end of the 1st century BC was recently discovered at the archaeological site of ancient Claterna. The collection consists of more than 3 000 coins and 50 gems, many of which were decorated with images of ancient Roman deities and important buildings.

The mystery of Egyptian treasures on the grounds of a Scottish school

In 1952, a student at the private Dalhousie School at Melville House was punished with menial garden work. While hoeing a flower bed, he came across what looked like a potato. But instead of a tasty eggplant-like tuber, he discovered a 4,000-year-old Egyptian masterpiece. It was the first artifact of 18 others discovered by various schoolchildren over the next 30 years.

Phallic chimes from the Roman period

A winged Roman phallic chime with precise details and in complete condition was discovered last week on the site of the former Roman city of Viminacium in Serbia. It is only the second Roman tintinnabulum in Viminacium, and the only one found in its original archaeological context.

5 600 year old pot full of beads

Archaeologists from the "Oriental" department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Institute of Archaeology at Jordán University have been investigating the foundations of a house on the site of a late Copper Age settlement at Tell Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan in Jordan. In the process, they found an unusual jar containing thousands of beads made of clay, bone and shell...

They went "to war" in Poland, discovered a treasure trove of gold coins

Three detectorists searched for World War II remains in a forest near Szczecin in northwestern Poland. They were expecting some buttons, discarded items, maybe badges and maybe a few coins. But instead they came across an unprecedented hoard of American and Russian gold coins from the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

Recreational diver discovers up to 50,000 4th century Roman coins

Off the north-eastern coast of Sardinia, a huge collection of tens of thousands of coins dating from around 340 AD was found on the seabed near the town of Arzachena. Nearly all of them are in very good condition, and even the worse ones are all still legible today.

Stone with mysterious Bronze Age markings is the oldest map of Europe

The stone "slab of Saint-Belec" was discovered in 1900 on the site of a prehistoric burial ground in Finistère as part of a grave lining. It lay in the cellars of the chateau for many decades before being rediscovered in 2014. Experts were unsure of its significance for a long time, until in 2021 it was declared the oldest map of Europe, and since then scientists have been trying to decipher its symbols. Now they have found more fragments with new symbols.

A crusader's sword was sticking out of a pipe trench, leading to the discovery of an entire cemetery

A sword from the Crusader period has been discovered in Salo-Perttel in south-western Finland. The weapon with a cross hilt and a three-sided oval pommel was dated between 1050 and 1150 and is one of the rare discoveries in Finland. Moreover, the discovery of the sword led archaeologists to a previously unknown cemetery from the same period.

Beginner detectorists discover two Roman treasures

Friends David Moss and Tom Taylor were searching with their detectors in a field near Caerhun when they came across a jar full of Roman silver and copper coins. A little later they found more denarii scattered loosely in the topsoil nearby. Both sets were handed over to the PAS liaison officer and now their finds have been declared treasure by the coroner.

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