Two ancient pennies stamped with Christian symbols were made more than a thousand years ago. On one side of both pennie…
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It sounds like a movie: about 13 years ago, a married couple in Northern California was walking their dog when they stumbled upon a buried treasure later valued at $10…
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The discovery was made during an examination of the Berenfelds swamp in the municipality of Arisdorf, near Basel. Wolfgang Niederberger and Daniel Mona, volunteer archaeologists from the “Archaeology of Basel-Land”…
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A team from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) in France has unearthed three ancient vessels in the village of Senon, filled to the brim with tens of…
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Rare silver coins from the First Crusade (1096–1099) were uncovered at the Batina archaeological site in Croatia’s Baranja region. This location is linked to Iron Age settlements and the Roman…
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While digging for worms near his summer home outside Stockholm, a fisherman stumbled on the biggest catch of his life. He uncovered a colossal hoard — around 20,000 silver coins…
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Research team member Edi Lipsman discovered the treasure when his metal detector went off as he passed a large stone and two ancient walls in Susita National Park, near the…
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A team of researchers from the Berlin State Office for the Preservation of Monuments has uncovered a rare treasure of coins that sheds new light on the medieval history of…
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A team of Spanish researchers unearthed a stone mold from the 2nd century BC at the archaeological site of Obulco, in what is now the town of Porcuna. It’s the…
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Archaeologists excavating in the Jordan River Valley in Israel uncovered 160 ancient coins. The hoard dates to roughly 2,100 years ago. The coins date to the reign of Alexander Jannaeus,…
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In 2022, Australia released a two-dollar coin featuring honeybees. That choice echoes a similar idea from about 2,400 years ago in the Kingdom of Macedon, where a silver obol showed…
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A large stash of Roman silver denarii has been found in a Tuscan forest, and researchers are offering several theories about its origin. An explorer from the Livorno archaeological group…
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Science & Technology
Amateur Detectorists Discover Scotland’s Biggest Coin Hoard — 8,407 Medieval Silver Coins
A field in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway hid a stash of silver coins for more than 700 years. Experts believe the treasure, consisting of 8,407 silver coins,…
