Metal detectorist finds £100,000 gold haul while looking for his mate’s wedding ring Now a metal detector who was looking for a mate’s missing wedding ring has discovered a haul of gold coins worth an estimated £100,000 – and shouted: ”yee-ha – there’s a f*cking fortune here!’. Paul Raynard, 44, screamed “’there are millions – …

Archaeology breakthrough: 2,000-year-old ‘mini Pompeii’ discovered in France This find took place in the district of Sainte-Colombe, southern Lyon, and was dubbed a Mini Pompei by its similarity to the Roman town buried in Naples after the Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. Archaeologists have discovered vestiges of armor worn by what they believed to be …

The couple got missing in 1942 found in Melting Swiss Glacier The bodies of a couple missing for 78 years have been disclosed by a melting Swiss glacier thawed by rising temperatures. It’s not exactly a happy ending for their relatives, but at least it’s an ending, after many decades of uncertainty. The rural residents …

A Roman “laguncula” (water bottle) of the 4th century AD discovered in France Archaeologist Carlo Di Clemente: Exceptional state of conservation, there are only very few other specimens found from excavations The military bottle in the modern sense dates back to the second half of the 19th century, yet the Romans had already invented it. …

Two Viking Boat Graves—With a Warrior Inside—Found in Sweden Previously, two Viking burial boats in Uppsala, Sweden have been unraveled by archaeologists the remains of a dog, a man, and a horse are remarkably preserved. A few of the powerful elites were sent back to their afterlife by the Vikings in boats laden with sacrificed animals, …

Melting Ice Reveals a “Lost” Viking-era Highway in Norway’s Mountains As the glaciers of Scanadvia melt, the long-forgotten journeys of intrepid Vikings are revealed.  Reported in the journal Antiquity today, a retreating Lendbreen glacier in the mountains of Norway has recently revealed a mountain pᴀss used by Vikings over 1,000 years ago, along with a treasure trove …

Fashionable 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shoe Found in a Well We all know the ancient Romans were skilled engineers, constructing vast highways to cover the enormous lands they conquered. But did you know they were also fashionable? In the Empire, footwear was used as a status symbol in addition to providing warmth and protection. And with Italy’s reputation …

Uprooted tree reveals a violent death from 1,000 years ago The remain of a young man who died of what appears to be knife wounds sometimes between ad 1030 and 1200 was discovered tangled in the roots of a 215-year-old beech tree. A hurricane erupted over the wild Atlantic shores of northwestern Ireland and fell …

This is the oldest known string. It was made by a Neandertal In a rock shelter in France, What may be the world’s oldest piece of string, made by Neanderthal humans from bark about 50,000 years ago has been found Just over two-tenths of an inch long, It’s a tiny fragment — but its discoverers …