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The mystery of the Iron Age frog mass grave

More than 8,000 frog skeletal remains have been discovered by archaeologists near Cambridge in the United Kingdom, lying in a 14-metre-long trench near a roundhouse in an Iron Age settlement. Frog bones are occasionally discovered individually at archaeological sites, but a mass frog "burial" is unprecedented.

A detective found a flaccid Roman phallus without testicles in the form of a pendant

This New Year's Eve in Higham, Kent, detectorist Wendy Thompson discovered a 1,800-year-old silver pendant of unusual design. It is the only pendant of its kind in the PAS database and experts define it as an item of national significance. It has now been declared a treasure...

Unique 2,800-year-old swords discovered in Germany prove the technological leap of the Hallstatt Age

In the Bavarian town of Andechs in the district of Starnberg, two extremely rare swords from the early Iron Age have been discovered. They date back to the 8th century BC and are an amazing testament to the development of weapons between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They are among the oldest iron swords ever discovered in southern Germany...

Ancient Roman Message from Hadrian's Wall: the 13th penis and a very personal insult

A stone carving of a penis with an inscription from the 3rd century was discovered at Hadrian's Wall. A soldier was also mocked in a way familiar to us today when someone from his neighbourhood took his name in an artistic representation of an insult.

Roman treasure from Como: 5 kg of gold including 1 000 gold coins in a soapstone cooking pot

A hoard of gold coins from the end of the Western Roman Empire, discovered in 2018 under an oldm theatre in Como, Italy, turned out to be even more significant than it first appeared. Not only in terms of the number of coins and the weight of the gold hoard, but also with regard to the time of its deposition.

Detectorist finds world's unique, 2,000-year-old Roman brooch in the shape of a horse

The so-called Leasingham horse-shaped copper alloy brooch is quite unique in the archaeological record. It was discovered with his metal detector by Mr Jason Price in a field near Leasingham in the summer of 2019. There is no other of its kind. Although it has not been declared a treasure, it has now been acquired for the collection of Lincoln Museum.

Individual finds of Iron Age coins were declared treasure after 27 years

The 2,000-year-old coins were gradually found by a single detectorist between 1993 and 1995 in the Dursley area of Gloucestershire. Experts have dated them to between 50 BC and AD 10. They are associated with a tribe known as the Dobunni, the coroner, who has now declared the coins treasure, said in a report.

A new method has finally found the answer to the true purpose of bronze daggers

Analysis of Bronze Age daggers has shown that they were used for a specific purpose, not just as the non-functional symbols of identity and social status that they were previously thought to be. This is a major scientific breakthrough; the new method allows the analysis of a wide range of copper alloy tools and weapons, wherever they come from.

Swedish charity funds save unique Viking treasure

A unique 1,000-year-old Viking treasure trove of European coins and artefacts, including Bavarian and Slavic ones, was almost sold off at private auctions. It was eventually saved by two charitable foundations. It will now be put on public display.

Dog in Poland unearths unique depot of medieval coins

Near the town of Wałbrzych in south-western Poland, a dog found a large set of thin, single-sided medieval coins from the 13th century - well-preserved bractes. According to experts, this is the first such find in the last 100 years.

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