A 1,700-year-old oil lamp dating to the Late Roman Empire was found during a dig near the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, ...

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In Norway, boys discovered rare 600-year-old silver coins under a church, which they kept for decades. The coins, dating from ...

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A mysterious silver lion found in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida has given archaeologists a puzzle to solve, as they ponder ...

Archaeologists in France recently unearthed a 1,700-year-old ring engraved with an ancient religious motif. The ornately ...

Upon discovering some strange bronze ... hoard contains many unique artifacts, some of which have "no archaeological parallel ...

The Towie Ball, one of the carved relics found in Scotland (Image: NQ) The local farmer, Knut Lindas, had decided to clear a mound in his field which he assumed to be a ‘clearance cairn’ of left over ...

“Could a Viking who was resident on the farm have recognized the stone ball as some kind of exotic “thunder bolt” [Norwegian: ...

Units responded to Wythemar Street at around 12:05 p.m., just across Midlothian Turnpike from Richmond High School for the ...

Among the latest finds over the summer: 200 silver coins, a flintlock, an unusual tan vase and a mysterious set of bronze ...

Archaeologists identified the fragments as a cabasset helmet, a type of helmet commonly worn by European foot soldiers ...