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Early medieval rune stone in the kitchen floor

A massive rune stone has been discovered under the linoleum of the kitchen floor of a farmhouse in Mosekær, Denmark. It may be one of the oldest in the country. While the archaeologist didn't see a historical artifact in it, a local detectorist noticed the runic markings after pulling them out...

Jewish Treasure from World War II

Last week, a Jewish treasure from the Second World War was uncovered during construction work in Polocka Street in Łódź. In the last six months, this is the second similar set of objects stored in fear of the Nazis, quite possibly collected by several families together before being transported to a concentration camp.

A perfectly preserved skeleton of an early farmer in Poland

Archaeologists near Krakow have discovered a 7,000-year-old complete human skeleton in the fetal position. It was discovered during the renovation of a square in Słomniki together with linear pottery, which made the dating of the grave and the origin of the deceased possible. It is one of the oldest Neolithic graves in Poland, the preservation of the skeleton is quite exceptional...

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..."

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