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Court in the Netherlands – Scythian gold is owned by Ukraine, not Russia

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that Scythian gold is owned by Ukraine, not Russia The Court of Appeal in Amsterdam recognized the Scythian gold as Ukrainian property, Novosti reports. "Although the sites originate in...

Anthropological gallery of the inhabitants of ancient Phanagoria

Anthropologists and scientists from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences plan to recreate the image of people who lived in ancient times in the city of Phanagoria on the Taman...

Ancient grave of a decapitated horse found in Germany

The animal was buried among the people in the cemetery for nobles and warriors of the Merovingian era. Excavations took place in the city of Knitlingen, in the southern part of Germany, in the state...

A collector who lived 105 thousand years ago

In South Africa, found a cache of a collector who lived 105 thousand years ago Artifacts were found in a stone cave in the Kalahari. This hideout is located on the Ga-Mohana Hill near the city...

Italian works of art found in the United States

Italian works of art worth 10 million euros have been found in the United States Antiques from various American museums have been found to have been obtained illegally Italian police have found about 200 works of...

Candy from a Grand Duchess for a restorer at the Hermitage

The emperor's sister hid the delicacy in the sleeve of her ball gown. Hermitage restorer Galina Fedorova came across an unexpected gift in the ball gown of Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna, sister of Russian Emperor...

The mythical temple of Melkart discovered

Researchers from the University of Seville may have managed to locate the long-sought ruins of the temple of the Phoenician god Melkart, whom locals call Hercules Gaditano. It is a monumental structure in the Gulf...

Forgotten fossils

The remains of ancient animals were wrapped in 100-year-old newspapers. Two dozen fossils, wrapped in multiple layers of newspaper and tied with twine, were found in wooden boxes on one of the shelves in the...

Film studio “Lenfilm” intends to restore all films from its “golden collection”

The process has already begun with paintings by Alexander Sokurov. The immediate plans are to restore the tape "Taurus" by Alexander Sokurov. The TASS agency was told in the studio that the director's personal participation...

Egypt has returned to the country about 30 thousand stolen artifacts in 10 years

This year alone, 5,300 monuments of ancient Egyptian civilization were uncovered at the Museum of the Bible in Washington. Over the past 10 years, Egypt has managed to return to its homeland about 30 thousand...

Ritual artifacts found under the temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut

Archaeologists were surprised by the quality and quantity of finds, among which statuettes of women sacrificed stood out. The funeral temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahri was built during the reign of the female pharaoh...

Archaeologists have found a shovel, created 100 thousand years BC

In China, archaeologists during excavations in the Shandong province discovered an unusual bone tool - a "shovel", which is at least 99,000 years old. This weapon is already recognized as the oldest ever found...

Roman Baths – in Bulgaria, archaeologists have found jewelry that was lost 1600 years ago

In Bulgaria, archaeologists have discovered a gold chain with three beads in Roman baths, The history blog reports. Such a find was discovered in the Deultum National Archaeological Reserve, which is located in southeastern...

A rare copy of the US constitution sold at auction for $ 43 million

An extremely rare original copy of the US constitution has sold for $ 43 million - a world record for a historical document sold at auction, Sotheby's said. It is one of only 11...

“Tiffany” from the Paleolithic. Archaeologists find world’s oldest jewelry in Morocco

Morocco is a country located in the northwestern part of Africa, a former French colony. The capital is Rabat. Famous and one of the largest cities in the country are Casablanca and Marrakech. According to...

A fragment of a long-lost 12th-century poem has been found in the cover of a book

The work tells the story of the siege of Orange - a city in the Rhone Valley, France, and is part of a series of epic narrative poems about the legendary hero Guillaume d'Orange A...

Scientists decipher a 16th century Aztec manuscript

Researchers have rethought the meaning of the pictograms that illustrate the famous Telleriano-Remensis Codex, created in the 16th century in Mexico. It turned out that this document is the first description of earthquakes on...

Archaeologists have found unusual toilets 2000 years old

The toilet is a U-shaped line of seats that 13 actors could use at the same time. In Turkey, archaeologists have discovered an ancient latrine that allowed at least a dozen people not only to...

Archaeologists have figured out how the Assyrians took an ancient biblical city

The first mentions of the city of Lakhish date back to the 15th century BC, in Egyptian sources it appears no later than the 14th century BC. This ancient city, which the Bible also...

Archaeologists have established the purpose of ancient megaliths in Jordan

Fragments of pottery, flint tools and bone remains have been discovered in Jordan by archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University under megaliths dating back about 5,000 years. Perhaps these ancient structures were not only burial...

A unique golden bible found. Which queen is it?

Lancaster nurse Buffy Bailey discovered a miniature golden Bible with the help of a metal detector along with her husband Ian near York. The security may have once been owned by a royal family. The 600-year-old...

An amateur archaeologist from Switzerland finds the site of the battle of the XII Legion

In 15 BC, in an alpine gorge, a battle took place between the Roman troops and the reta. Two years ago, Lucas Schmid, an amateur archaeologist and volunteer at the Archaeological Survey of the Canton...

The ancient Egyptians mastered mummification 1,000 years earlier than previously thought

The preserved body of a high-ranking nobleman, discovered in 2019, turns out to be much older than previously thought, which could lead to rewriting of history textbooks The ancient Egyptians performed complex procedures to mummify...

The oldest skis discovered in the ice of Norway

As a result of the melting ice, archaeologists have found in Norway a pair of wooden skis of amazing preservation, almost 1,300 years old. I must say that the first ski was discovered in the...

Geneticists found three living relatives in the mummy from Switzerland

Christina Wurst from the private research center Eurac Research, together with scientists from Italy and Switzerland, analyzed the woman's mitochondrial DNA and found her living relatives. In 2018, researchers said they were able to identify...
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