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Over 20,000 archaeological sites in Britain are threatened by global warming

Many of Britain's archaeological sites are under severe threat from climate change, according to a study by the Universities of Teesside and Northumbria: Peat bogs, which protect artefacts from the air, are drying out due to rising temperatures. Thousands of archaeological artefacts preserved for thousands of years are at risk of irreversible destruction.

Video: Detectorists on a club search found a treasure trove of Roman coins and silver bracelets

Two silver bracelets and a set of 83 Roman coins were found at Ribble Valley Farm. The finds were all made with the aid of metal detectors during a Saturday club event by the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Dectorists Club, whose popular member made a video of the event...

Detectorist finds 2,000-year-old hoard of gold Celtic irises

The detector find by an amateur archaeologist is the first Celtic gold hoard discovered in Brandenburg and the second largest found in Germany. According to experts, "the value of the ancient treasure must have been immense", archaeologists are talking about the find of a lifetime.

Badger found Roman treasure

Last year's storm Filomena near Grado in the Spanish region of Asturias produced heavy snow and freezing rain. Apparently at the time, a badger was searching a cave near its den in a desperate attempt to find food. While digging one of the holes, he came across the largest collection of Roman coins ever discovered in northern Spain.

An 8th-century cruciform vessel hid the name of an unknown Anglo-Saxon bishop

The unique crystal vessel decorated with gold comes from the so-called. "Galloway hoard", the largest Viking and Anglo-Saxon detector find in Britain and Ireland, discovered by Derek McLennan in 2014. Now it has surprised experts at National Museums Scotland (NMS) who, while cleaning its base, have uncovered an inscription bearing the name of a bishop from the early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria...

Detectorists find beautifully decorated Viking brooches; changing the history of the Isle of Man

About 10 cm long, oval bronze brooches of convex shape with silver wire decoration and bird reliefs date from around 950 AD. They were worn in pairs exclusively by Viking women to fasten the straps of their dresses. Although the Isle of Man is famous for Viking finds, no brooches of this type have been found here until now.

Early medieval gold cross with runes reveals unknown Anglo-Saxon name

A gold cross-shaped pendant discovered near Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, England, bears an inscription with the hitherto unknown Anglo-Saxon name "Eadruf". It was found by a prospector with a metal detector on the banks of the River Tweed. Very few comparable examples are known to date, and this cross is the only one with runic inscriptions.

Ireland's oldest ink pen discovered in medieval fortress

A medieval pen dating from the 11th century was discovered at Caherconnell Fort in the Burren area of County Clare. The shaft of the dip pen is made of hollow bird bone, the nib of bronze. It dates from a period in which literacy was very rare and even the educated elite used classical bird pens at the time.

Archaeologists stunned by detector discovery of 1,000-year-old gold earring

The National Museum of Denmark has announced the discovery of a rare gold earring from the 11th century. The jewel, unique in the world and never before seen in Denmark, was discovered in a field in western Jutland using a metal detector. The find marks a breakthrough in understanding the interconnectedness of the worlds of Vikingers and the Middle East...

Luxury grave goods from around the known Bronze Age world found in Cyprus

Archaeologists in the Cypriot town of Hala Sultan Tekke near Larnaca have uncovered a two-chambered tomb from the Late Bronze Age. The tomb dates from 1400 to 1300 BC. It contained a rich assortment of more than 500 pieces of imported luxury goods made of gold, silver, bronze, ivory, precious stones and richly decorated vessels from many cultures across the Mediterranean, the likes of which have never been found in Cyprus before.

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