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Ancient Romanian artifact recovered after brazen theft from Dutch museum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (370+ words) The artifact was stolen, along with other treasures, from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, last year. Prosecutors revealed they recovered the 2, 500-year-old Cotofenesti helmet during a press conference in the eastern Dutch city of Assen on Thursday. The helmet…...
A 1, 000-year-old silver ring bearing mysterious runes has been discovered in Britain
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (390+ words) Polish treasure hunter Rafa" Weso"owski discovered a silver ring dating back approximately a thousand years in a field in Lincolnshire. The ring bears mysterious runes that have not been seen for over a millennium. The find is already being…...
Ancient Tel Azekah Mass Grave Reveals Infant Burial Practices
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (446+ words) Professor Oded Lipschits of Tel Aviv University and his team, excavating since 2011, initially found hundreds of small human bones in a repurposed water cistern in 2013. The initial shock of the discovery led to a delay in detailed investigation until 2020, as…...
More than a century later, archaeologists discover an abandoned underground city dating back over 700 years
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (271+ words) In Poland, researchers have used cutting-edge technology to locate a long-lost medieval town referenced in an early 20th-century text. A team of archaeologists has located the remains of a medieval city that vanished more than 700 years ago in northwestern Poland....
When Athens Became an Empire | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter. com
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (223+ words) When Athens Became an Empire | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper'Magzter RISE AND FALL 'Ruins of the Parthenon' (1880) by Sanford Robinson Gifford. (Sanford Robinson Gifford)But they had trouble leaving the harbor According to Plutarch, writing nearly five centuries later: "The…...
The top 5 most significant ancient sites to see
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (723+ words) Across continents, ancient sites continue to draw global attention for what they reveal about early civilisations, belief systems and human ambition. These landmarks shape cultural identity, historical research and tourism. Built as temples, tombs and defensive walls, they proclaimed power…...
Ancient Roman tombs discovered beneath modern street
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (847+ words) Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown cluster of Roman tombs beneath a modern street in southern Rome, complete with preserved painted decoration and symbolic figures." The discovery exposes a structured burial complex that later led to a simple cemetery, capturing…...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: 'Legends of the Lost Ark' docudrama: Archaeologist Chris Mc Kinney investigates fate of the biblical artifact
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (919+ words) Mc Kinney discusses the history, legend and mystery surrounding the Ark of the Covenant A new docudrama addressing one of the Bible's greatest mysteries is drawing attention for its unusual approach " grounding the search for the Ark of the Covenant…...
DNA, AI raise martyrs from ashes
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (208+ words) University course merges technology with archaeology, giving life to those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Red Army's historic Long March, Wang Xin reports in Shanghai. Deng Ping (1908-35), a senior commander who made great sacrifices in the fight for…...
Arminfo: When stones speak: New monograph Petroglyphs of Armenia unveils 140" years of rock art history
19+ hour, 28+ min ago (15+ words) When stones speak: New monograph Petroglyphs of Armenia unveils 140 years of rock art history...