2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (842+ words) Researchers recovered 141 late Roman gold solidi from the site known as Um Rank at Holzthum, in the commune of Parc Hosingen. The coins span the turbulent final decades of the fourth century, but their geographical origins suggest that at least…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1114+ words) A routine gardening project in northern Denmark has uncovered the largest known Viking Age silver hoard ever found in the country: 18.5 kilograms of silver comprising around 700 objects and fragments. The discovery was made in a private garden near Rebild, where…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (644+ words) A pair of 1,500-year-old “golden shoes” found in the grave of an elite woman in western Kazakhstan is offering a striking glimpse into the wealth, craftsmanship and long-distance connections of communities living along the Caspian Sea during the post-Hunnic period....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (822+ words) Construction workers renovating a building in the Belgian city of Dendermonde have uncovered an extraordinary hidden cache containing more than 40 gold bars and at least 4,000 old coins, apparently concealed inside a chest built into a cellar wall. The discovery was…...