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25.2.2017 900 gold coins inside the piano

A remarkable discovery was made four years ago by the English piano tuner Martin Backhouse. Inside one of these musical instruments he found a real treasure, 900 gold coins.

24. 2. 2008

24.2.2008 He discovered copper nuggets in the field

More than three thousand years old objects were discovered by the searcher Vladislav Pícha thirteen years ago in Písce Hory and near Křtětice in the Vodňany region. He managed to find prehistoric copper nuggets, fragments of bronze tools and ceramic amphorae full of copper ingots.

23. 2. 2010

23.2.2010 6000 years old Venus from Slovakia

Eleven years ago, Slovak archaeologists managed to make some excellent finds. The greatest acclaim was the discovery of the so-called Beladice Venus, which apparently depicts a pregnant woman. But her belly has fallen off.

22. 2. 2010

22.2.2010 Coins of Alexander the Great in a bronze chest

A great discovery was announced eleven years ago by archaeologists working in the ancient city of Aleppo. One of the locals found 250 coins from the time of Alexander the Great while digging the foundations for his house.

21. 2. 2016

21.2. 2016 Detectors found the remains of the helicopter

The remains of a helicopter were discovered by metal detectors by two men five years ago near Damníkovo, near Česká Třebová. It was a Polish machine that crashed there just a few weeks after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The pilot and two passengers did not survive the crash.

20. 2. 2014

20.2.2014 Did the searcher find the legendary treasure of the Nibelungs?

An archaeology enthusiast found a real treasure from the Late Antiquity in Germany seven years ago. It consisted of gold and silver jewellery, but also other precious objects. Speculation began to swirl as to whether this was the legendary treasure of the Nibelungs.

19. 2. 2010

19.2.2010 Unique engraved drawing at Prague Castle

A unique engraved drawing was discovered by archaeologists eleven years ago at Prague Castle. It was during rescue research of the so-called Middle Wing, where the information centre is located. It was the first such find on the territory of the capital.

18. 2. 2007

18.2.2007 Celtic furnace from the time of Caesar

Archaeologists found a rare Celtic furnace from the Caesarian period during the modernisation of the so-called Apponyi Palace in Bratislava. In addition, there was a grave from the Great Moravian period under the building.

17. 2. 2016

17.2. 2016 Coins from the Thirty Years' War

The beautiful find was made by amateur archaeologist Martin Skříček in the autumn of 2015 and was reported by the media in February of the following year. He discovered thirty coins from the Thirty Years' War on the edge of the woods of Woodhostice Forest using a metal detector.

16. 2. 2013

16.2.2013 He had a ritual double grave in his garden

He was working with a neighbour in his garden in Kunovice, Uhersko Hradiště, when they discovered a bone. Experts subsequently searched the site and unearthed a ritual double grave about 3,500 years old. The remains belonged to a young man and a young woman.

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