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Archaeologists discover the oldest English coin from the reign of Henry VII in Canada

Researchers have suggested several versions of how this coin could end up in Canada. In the course of their recent excavations, archaeologists have uncovered in Newfoundland the oldest English coin ever found not only in...

Archaeologists announced the discovery of the legendary Church of the Apostles

Israeli archaeologists have found mosaic floors among the ruins of a building that could have been the legendary Church of the Apostles. It is believed that it was built under the former home of...

The ancient amphitheater in Milan becomes a green archeological park

City officials plan to turn this long-forgotten ancient site into a major attraction The ancient amphitheater in Milan is being turned into a green archeological park under a 1.5m-euro restoration project, Art Newspaper reported. It is...

Unique artifact – a microwritten copy of the American Constitution on а metal plate

The unique document/artifact found in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) - a micro-copy of the American Constitution engraved on a metal (aluminum) plate, which dates back to the era of the First Constitutional Period in the Ottoman...

An ancient helmet was returned to the Bulgarian state

An ancient helmet originating from the Bulgarian lands, probably belonging to Philip of Macedonia, was returned to the Bulgarian state. The return of the valuable artifact to Bulgaria became possible thanks to a successfully...

Most complete ancient Roman game of mercenaries found in Russia

On the site of the future road in the Kaliningrad region, archaeologists discovered a necropolis of the 3rd-6th centuries AD. But the most unusual find is glass chips for the game "ludus latrunculorum", popular in...

Gordian I. The 80-year-old emperor and his 22 days on the throne

The Roman coin of the 3rd century, the events of which we are talking about, is a denarius of the emperor, who raised an uprising against the assassin of Alexander Sever, and who reigned...

Queen Sybil, for whose love Jerusalem fell

When Sybil of Jerusalem was born in 1160, the crusader state of Jerusalem was not a safe or stable place. Although the land was conquered during the First Crusade and ruled by her family,...

Four types of parasites found in feces from ancient Judea

In the Jerusalem palace of the 7th century BC, evidence was found that representatives of the nobility did not follow the rules of hygiene too much. In 2019-2020, archaeologists unearthed an unusual palace in the...

Crowned falcon. Found a rare artifact of Anne Boleyn, beheaded by King Henry VIII

After the execution of Anne Boleyn, the king got rid of all her belongings, but this falcon miraculously survived almost in its original form. The original 20 cm by 20.5 cm wooden falcon carving was...

500-year-old mosque tiles found in the Netherlands

The floral tiles offered for sale by an Oriental Art auction house have been returned to Ankara as a result of state-level talks between Turkey and the Netherlands. Celik said the theft of art and...

Personal seal of the Hittite prince found by archaeologists

During excavations of a settlement in the south of Turkey, artifacts were found that are more than three thousand years old. History The Turkish province of Hatay has long been of interest to archaeologists. In the...

British archaeologists unearthed Hitler’s “superweapon of retaliation”

British archaeologists stumbled upon the wreckage of the V-2 (short for Vergeltungswaffe-2 - "weapon of retaliation") - the world's first ballistic missile, which the Wehrmacht adopted shortly before the fall of the Third Reich....

Bioarchaeologists find out why children were mummified in the Capuchin catacombs

Staffordshire University will conduct the first-ever study of mummified children found in the Capuchin catacombs in Sicily. This is stated in the announcement of the project on the website of the educational institution. Bioarchaeologist Kirsty...

The face of a famous Egyptian mummy reconstructed

The mummy, known as Shep-en-Isis, is a real landmark. It was brought from Egypt to Switzerland as early as 1820 and is popular not only in the scientific community but also among the general...

An ancient Roman amphitheater discovered in Switzerland

Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Switzerland. An oval-shaped structure measuring about 50 × 40 meters was built in the 4th century AD in the city of Augusta Raurica....

Treasure hunter found the rarest English gold coin with Henry III

An amateur treasure hunter using a metal detector found one of the very first gold coins in England on farmland in Devon in the UK and now he can get a reward of more...

Ancient treasure hiding place found in Israel

Israeli archaeologists were lucky to find in 2021 a treasure with rare silver coins, which are more than 2 thousand years old. An ancient cache has been set up in a crevice in a rock...

Why did Vikings have ‘Allah’ embroidered into funeral clothes?

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist Tharik Hussain. They were kept in...

Mosaic with thank you inscription found in ancient Antioch

Archaeologists have discovered images of heaven, peacocks, and a text in which a former slave thanks God for liberation in a 6th-century church. Specialists from the Museum of Archeology of Hatay (Turkey) are excavating a...

An ancient gold mask from Peru is painted with human blood

The red pigment also contains traces of bird eggs A 1,000-year-old mask found on the head of an ancient skeleton was painted with human blood, according to a new study. Archaeologists from the Sikan Archaeological Project...

Israel Antiquities Authority reports underwater find

Israel Antiquities Authority reports underwater find of 900-year-old sword of a knight-crusader Recently, an Israeli diver discovered ancient objects at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Hof HaCarmel, among which there was a sword...

Roman villa in Croatia rebuilt to protect against Ostrogoths

Archaeologists have discovered on the Croatian island of Rab a building of Roman settlers from Dalmatia, erected to protect against the Ostrogoths. A temporary wooden structure was erected on the site of a complex...

Alemannic horseman with weapons and an ivory comb

Archaeologists have found the burial of an Alemannic horseman with weapons and an ivory comb German archaeologists have discovered in Bavaria two burials of the Alemanns of the 6th century AD. The grave of the...

20th century invention found in Persian manuscripts

Chromium steel was considered one of the main inventions of the 20th century, but archaeologists from Great Britain, having examined medieval Persian manuscripts, discovered a recipe for its receipt. This is a 10-11 century manuscript...
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