Reexamined Gold Pendant Contains Oldest Reference to Norse God Odin: ‘A Huge Discovery’
Archaeologists have found that a golden pendant unearthed in 2020 contains the words “He is Odin’s man,” making the object the oldest ever found to bear the name of the chief Norse deity. Dating to the 400s CE, the century of the fall of the Roman Empire, the pendant is believed to have been owned […]
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4 Years After Discovery, the First Viking Ship Burial Found in Over 100 Years Reveals its Lost Secrets
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. When news broke in 2018 that another Viking-Age ship burial had been found on the shores of the Oslo Fjord, it quickly became one of the finds of the century. Compared to its truly legendary predecessors […]
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Evidence of Cheese-Making to Circumvent Lactose Intolerance 6,000 Years Ago Found in Poland
Analysis of neolithic pottery shards shows that in Northern Europe, where poor soils and low sunlight made primitive agriculture extremely difficult, people were making cheese in places like Poland potentially as far back as 9,000 years ago. Examinations of perforated vessels not only found the presence of the dairy protein casein which suggests the creation […]
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Dutch 27-Year-Old Finds 1000-Year-Old Medieval Treasure Using Metal Detector
A young man in The Netherlands recently fulfilled what seemed to be his destiny by finding an “extremely rare” hoard of gold jewelry from the High Middle Ages. An avid metal detective since the age of 10, the 27-year-old is all grown up and now a professional historian. Discovered in Hoogwoud back in 2021, Lorenzo […]
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800-Year-Old Gold Hoard with Stunning Earrings Unearthed in Germany
Hoard Alert! The metal detectives of Europe strike gold once again—this time in Germany as bejeweled earrings and silver coins are turned up in Schleswig-Holstein. The jewelry was all of gold and probably made by the Byzantines. The rings, earrings, and a brooch, all studded with gems, were deliberately buried along with 30 coins minted […]
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Hidden Corridor Discovered Inside Great Pyramid of Giza by Non-invasive Imaging Tech
A new corridor measuring about 30 feet was discovered recently in the biggest of the three Giza Pyramids, the Pyramid of Khufu. Images and videos were released to the public after the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities investigated the tunnel using an endoscopic camera. Despite the nearly unlimited intrigue and mystery surrounding Ancient Egypt’s most remarkable […]
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Archaeologists Uncover âComplete Roman Cityâ From 1,800 Years Ago in LuxorâIncluding Pigeon Towers
Archaeologists in Egypt have just succeeded in completely excavating a small Roman city in the classical capital of Luxor, which contained workshops, homes, and “pigeon towers.” Dr. Mostafa Waziri from the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities stressed the importance of the discovery, as it revealed the oldest Roman residential city on the eastern side of the […]
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5,000 Year-Old Tavern Found in Iraq
It doesn’t get much older than Sumeria, but even the modern concept of going out to eat was already established 1,000 years before the Great Pyramids were built. In the ancient Near Eastern city-state of Lagash, the foundations of a tavern were recently found by archaeologists that included an open-air sitting area, and a kitchen […]
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Making art from ocean plastic to raise awareness of trash
Pam Longobardi creates art with ocean plastic to raise awareness of the garbage accumulating in the world’s oceans. See her art here.
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Metal Detectorist Unearths Pristine Gold Pendant Linked to Henry VIII—With Initials of Katherine of Aragon
“People say it’s like winning the lottery; it’s not. People actually win the lottery. When was the last time a crown jewel was unearthed?” Those were the words of Birmingham cafe owner Charlie Clark who after just 6-months of metal detecting as a hobby, found the treasure of a lifetime. Elbows-deep in a field in […]
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