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6. 3. 2009

March 6, 2009 He found 59 coins in the cellar

Twelve years ago, coins found by a builder in Oxfordshire were for sale. He discovered 59 pieces of mintings from the reign of King James I of England. Their value was estimated by experts at fifty thousand pounds.

5. 3. 2012

5.3.2012 Forty bags filled with silver treasure

Workers who reconstructed a villa in St. Petersburg remained in shock. The historic building has been a secret for many years. Inside the randomly exposed room were forty bags of treasure.

5. 3. 2021

4.3.2010 Melting glaciers revealed the bodies of dead soldiers

The bodies of dead World War I soldiers were found in the Italian Alps. The first preserved skeleton was discovered in 2010 by the amateur historian Dino De Bernardin. Mummies reveal melting mountain glaciers.

3.3.2003 The oldest European mummy

Four mummies were discovered by archaeologists on the British island of South Uist. According to experts, they are three thousand years old. The remains belong to a three-year-old girl, a teenage girl, a man and a woman.

2. 3. 2002

2.3.2002 Cards hundreds of years old

Nineteen years ago, an archaeologist and accidental finder in Olomouc made an interesting discovery. They found playing cards hundreds of years old in the vaults of historic buildings and in the rubble of a historic house.

Celtic brooch sold for £55,000

A Celtic brooch found by metal detectorist Ray Pusey (64) has sold for a whopping £55,000. The approximate price of the object was estimated at a maximum of eight thousand.

1.3.2015 2000 gold coins

A hoard of gold coins was found six years ago by divers off the Israeli port of Caesarea. It was pure coincidence. Experts were called in to retrieve more pieces from the sea. The hoard dates back to the time when the Fatimids ruled North Africa. Two thousand gold coins are owned by Israel.

28. 2. 2015

28.2.2015 The Millionth Medieval Treasure

The million-dollar treasure was discovered by a metal detector seven years ago by a prospector in Opatov near Luby. In February 2015, the Cheb Museum was preparing an exhibition to show the beautiful depot of Hall's phoenixes to the public for the first time.

26.2.2010 Under the floor of the church they discovered the tomb of the vladyka

Archaeologists discovered the tombstone of the Silesian vladyk under the floor of the church in Horní Moštěnice. According to experts, the nobleman died in 1502. However, the tomb itself was probably looted by the Wallachians during the Thirty Years' War.

27. 2. 2010

27.2.2010 Venus of Věstonice the oldest ceramic work

Eleven years ago the Venus of Věstonice received scientific recognition. Experts have agreed that it is the oldest ceramic work in the world.

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