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Gordian I. The 80-year-old emperor and his 22 days on the throne

The Roman coin of the 3rd century, the events of which we are talking about, is a denarius of the emperor, who raised an uprising against the assassin of Alexander Sever, and who reigned...

Queen Sybil, for whose love Jerusalem fell

When Sybil of Jerusalem was born in 1160, the crusader state of Jerusalem was not a safe or stable place. Although the land was conquered during the First Crusade and ruled by her family,...

Four types of parasites found in feces from ancient Judea

In the Jerusalem palace of the 7th century BC, evidence was found that representatives of the nobility did not follow the rules of hygiene too much. In 2019-2020, archaeologists unearthed an unusual palace in the...

Crowned falcon. Found a rare artifact of Anne Boleyn, beheaded by King Henry VIII

After the execution of Anne Boleyn, the king got rid of all her belongings, but this falcon miraculously survived almost in its original form. The original 20 cm by 20.5 cm wooden falcon carving was...

500-year-old mosque tiles found in the Netherlands

The floral tiles offered for sale by an Oriental Art auction house have been returned to Ankara as a result of state-level talks between Turkey and the Netherlands. Celik said the theft of art and...

Personal seal of the Hittite prince found by archaeologists

During excavations of a settlement in the south of Turkey, artifacts were found that are more than three thousand years old. History The Turkish province of Hatay has long been of interest to archaeologists. In the...

British archaeologists unearthed Hitler’s “superweapon of retaliation”

British archaeologists stumbled upon the wreckage of the V-2 (short for Vergeltungswaffe-2 - "weapon of retaliation") - the world's first ballistic missile, which the Wehrmacht adopted shortly before the fall of the Third Reich....

Bioarchaeologists find out why children were mummified in the Capuchin catacombs

Staffordshire University will conduct the first-ever study of mummified children found in the Capuchin catacombs in Sicily. This is stated in the announcement of the project on the website of the educational institution. Bioarchaeologist Kirsty...

The face of a famous Egyptian mummy reconstructed

The mummy, known as Shep-en-Isis, is a real landmark. It was brought from Egypt to Switzerland as early as 1820 and is popular not only in the scientific community but also among the general...

An ancient Roman amphitheater discovered in Switzerland

Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient Roman amphitheater in Switzerland. An oval-shaped structure measuring about 50 × 40 meters was built in the 4th century AD in the city of Augusta Raurica....

Treasure hunter found the rarest English gold coin with Henry III

An amateur treasure hunter using a metal detector found one of the very first gold coins in England on farmland in Devon in the UK and now he can get a reward of more...

Ancient treasure hiding place found in Israel

Israeli archaeologists were lucky to find in 2021 a treasure with rare silver coins, which are more than 2 thousand years old. An ancient cache has been set up in a crevice in a rock...

Why did Vikings have ‘Allah’ embroidered into funeral clothes?

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist Tharik Hussain. They were kept in...

Mosaic with thank you inscription found in ancient Antioch

Archaeologists have discovered images of heaven, peacocks, and a text in which a former slave thanks God for liberation in a 6th-century church. Specialists from the Museum of Archeology of Hatay (Turkey) are excavating a...

An ancient gold mask from Peru is painted with human blood

The red pigment also contains traces of bird eggs A 1,000-year-old mask found on the head of an ancient skeleton was painted with human blood, according to a new study. Archaeologists from the Sikan Archaeological Project...

Israel Antiquities Authority reports underwater find

Israel Antiquities Authority reports underwater find of 900-year-old sword of a knight-crusader Recently, an Israeli diver discovered ancient objects at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Hof HaCarmel, among which there was a sword...

Roman villa in Croatia rebuilt to protect against Ostrogoths

Archaeologists have discovered on the Croatian island of Rab a building of Roman settlers from Dalmatia, erected to protect against the Ostrogoths. A temporary wooden structure was erected on the site of a complex...

Alemannic horseman with weapons and an ivory comb

Archaeologists have found the burial of an Alemannic horseman with weapons and an ivory comb German archaeologists have discovered in Bavaria two burials of the Alemanns of the 6th century AD. The grave of the...

20th century invention found in Persian manuscripts

Chromium steel was considered one of the main inventions of the 20th century, but archaeologists from Great Britain, having examined medieval Persian manuscripts, discovered a recipe for its receipt. This is a 10-11 century manuscript...

Archaeologists find a bronze military diploma from the Roman period in Turkey

Archaeologists have found during the excavation of the ancient city of Perret a bronze military diploma from the Roman period, which was issued in 123 AD, that is, during the reign of Emperor Hadrian....

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...
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