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Reverse process: 3000-year-old original recognised in replica sword after 100 years

For nearly a century, the Field Museum in Chicago has housed a sword that was thought to be a modern replica of a Late Bronze Age weapon. It has now been identified as an authentic sword from between 1080 and 900 BC. and its special story draws visitors to an exhibition about the first wealthy communities of Europe.

Giant Viking structure found in Denmark, possibly related to Harald "Blue Tooth"

Danish archaeologists have uncovered part of a massive Viking structure that may be linked to King Harald "Bluebeard" Gormsson, who ruled from 958 to 986. Although the larger half of the structure is still in the ground, experts speak of a huge surprise and an exceptional find, unprecedented in Northern Jutland.

Detective discovers gold funeral ring; declared treasure

The well-preserved gold ring was discovered in a field near Walton-on-Trent using a metal detector by Mr John Startin-Taylor in 2021. He reported the find through PAS and it was officially classified as treasure by the coroner on Thursday 5 January. It is a mourning ring of the kind given to survivors. It dates from the late 17th century and belonged to a prominent sheriff and nobleman, a member of Parliament.

Jewish treasure from the beginning of the Nazi invasion of Poland found in Lodz

During the renovation of an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, a collection of more than 400 valuable objects of Jewish families hidden in fear of the Nazi occupation was discovered. The collection includes kiddush cups, Hanukkah cups, menorahs, sacred artifacts and fragments of the Talmud, as well as items of daily and household furnishings, including silver-plated crockery, glass perfume bottles and clothing. Everything was wrapped in Polish, Yiddish and German newspapers from October 1939.

The largest French hoard of Roman coins

A hoard of four thousand Roman coins from a sunken 2nd century merchant ship has been exhibited for the first time as a whole at the Museum of Aquitaine in Bordeux. The collection lay at the bottom of the Garonne River. Since the first discoveries in the 1960s, other coins have been found repeatedly, not only in the vicinity of the river, but also in building material or in the walls of houses that were built from river material. The latest coin so far was turned in last week...

A Nazi map with "clues to the treasure" has been declassified

In the Netherlands, documents with "clues to a treasure not yet found" have been published. The map, which some believe may refer to the location of the rich Nazi loot, is among secret documents now being made public for the first time...

A well-preserved well with ritual gifts from the Bronze Age has been discovered in Bavaria

3,000 years ago, it was 5 metres deep. A Bronze Age well excavated by archaeologists this year in Germering, Upper Bavaria. Bronze and ceramic finds or intricately decorated jewellery at the bottom, together with the context of other nearby wells, suggest its ritual use...

Neutron technology finds bones and textiles inside medieval reliquary

A very rare enamel pendant used as a relic box was discovered in a medieval waste pit in the Old Town of Mainz. Attempting to open it threatened irreversible damage. Experts therefore used neutron tomography to examine the contents of the box non-destructively and preserve its integrity for future generations.

Went looking for Christmas and discovered a Roman gold earring that recategorises previous finds

Fifty-three-year-old detectorist Nick Bateman, from Burston in Norfolk, discovered a gold Roman earring in the shape of a double disc last Christmas Eve. It was declared a treasure last week and will be displayed in a museum. It changes the existing view of similarly made artefacts and places them from the early medieval to the earlier Roman period...

They found the treasure and could have gotten 82 million. Now they're in jail and still have to pay

George Powell and Layton Davies, who covered up the discovery of Viking treasure in Herefordshire four years ago, will have to pay heavily for their greed (and stupidity) once again. They were convicted of theft and concealing the find in 2019, for which they received prison sentences of 10 and 8.5 years respectively. Now a judge has ordered them to pay over £600,000 (about £16.5 million) each within three months or have another five years added to their sentences...

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