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A unique hollow cross with a preserved relic was discovered in ancient Lystra

Archaeologists in central Turkey have discovered an extraordinary artefact: a sealed and still unopened bronze reliquary cross from the 9th-11th centuries with its original contents. The discovery was made during a systematic excavation of an early medieval church in the ancient city of Lystra in today's Konya province. To avoid damaging its contents, experts have so far only cautiously peered inside...

He bought a fake and passed it off as an archaeological find to enrich himself. Now he's been convicted

Jason Price was due to discover a beautiful 1st-4th century Roman horse brooch in a field near Leasingham in 2019. After being taken by archaeologists it was valued by the coroner, and Price later collected about £140,000 from the museum. In fact, it was a fake, which he even repeated four times.

Incredible coincidence, a detectorist found a Slavic cross that matches the form discovered in 1983

A small bronze pendant in the shape of a cross in a ring from the 10th century was found by a metal detector on the outskirts of West Havelland near Berlin. Its significance is quite extraordinary: it was cast in a mould that was discovered elsewhere 43 years ago. The unique combination of mould and product is quite extraordinary in archaeology.

Unprecedented Roman figurine of a feline beast and a barbarian with a severed head

A detectorist in Harlow, England, has discovered a Roman sculpture of a cat-like beast dating from the 1st to 2nd centuries. It was originally part of a harness. It's the only one of its kind ever discovered in Britain. It has now been declared a treasure.

While working in the field, they ploughed up a 17th century silver treasure

Farmers in Poland made an extraordinary discovery during last year's agricultural work. In their own field, they came across a collection of silver coins, small jewellery and other artefacts from the 17th century.

Silver sabretache, coins, gold jewellery and weapons in the graves of elite warriors from the 10th century.

An archaeological excavation in the village of Akasztó in southern Hungary has yielded the extraordinary discovery of three richly furnished graves of elite cavalry warriors from the period of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. They were young boys and an adult man - all related. The graves contained weapons, jewellery, rare silver coins, gold and silver decorated belts, including a horse harness. They were dated between 920 and 930 AD and are among the most important discoveries from this period.

The gold and silver grave of a 7th century Chinese noblewoman

Archaeologists in Shaanxi province have uncovered a luxurious Tang Dynasty tomb. Its chamber was in pristine condition and lavishly furnished; it contained pottery, bronze objects, gold and silver artifacts, including a gold comb or Western-style silver cup or Persian silver coins. The tomb is also unique for its surviving inscriptions: they reveal the owner's name, her status and date of death.

Incredible discovery in Norfolk: a complete Celtic carnyx and a boar's head banner

A legendary Celtic brass instrument has been discovered in Thetford, England: a complete iron lyre-shaped trumpet - the so-called carnyx. It is only the third find of this type in Britain and the best preserved and most complete in the world. A boar's head flag - the first of its kind in Britain - also lay beside the carnyx.

One extra dot = triple the price. Detectorist finds unique Celtic coin from the Iron Age

The coin was discovered by a prospector with a metal detector near Lelley Hull in East Yorkshire. It is an extremely rare gold staters of the Corieltavi tribe, of the "Five-Pellet Domino" type, dating between 50-10 BC. It was auctioned on Thursday for three times the price of a regular four-pellet staters.

Archaeologist with metal detector finds early medieval gold ring with stone

The ring, dating from the 9th to 11th centuries, was discovered by archaeologist Linda Åsheim of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) using a metal detector while supervising a drainage excavation in the historic core of Tønsberg, Norway. It lay at a depth of only 7 cm and was completely intact, in its original context. The discovery is exceptional in the Norwegian context.

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