A Metal Detectorist Went Digging for Fun—and Discovered a 2,000-Year-Old Trove of Ancient Artifacts
A metal detectorist named Peter Heads discovered an “exceptional” Iron Age hoard outside of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, UK.
Metal detectorist unwittingly discovers strange hoard of hundreds of ancient objects: 'Rarely seen'
British archaeologists recently uncovered a remarkable collection of two-millennia-old artifacts dating back to the Iron Age, ...
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Metal detectorist finds 800 ancient artifacts buried in northern England that could rewrite Iron Age Britain
Near the British village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, history lay hidden beneath the soil—muddy and forgotten for 2,000 ...
Shackles Found in Egyptian Gold Mine Reveal the Human Toll of Ancient Wealth
The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Amateur metal detector uncovers massive Iron Age treasure hoard
“The destruction of so many high-status objects, evident in this hoard, is also of a scale rarely seen in Iron Age Britain ...
Soldier unearths 2,600-year-old burial site, Greek artifacts in Ukraine. See the finds
One artifact was popular among Greek aristocrats, suggesting the burial site belonged to someone with high social status, ...
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2,200-year-old shackles found at gold mining village in Egypt. ‘The harsh reality’
Photos show the metal artifacts during excavations and after being cleaned. One set of ancient metal shackles found at Ghozza. Photo from M. Kacičnik, Institut français d’archéologie ...
Submerged ancient settlements and the paints of Pompeii: See the latest discoveries
From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.