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The treasure would be composed of "carved silver, gold jewellery, pearls and stones of value, Chinese porcelain, rich fabrics, paintings and perhaps 500,000 pesos". [10] The stories about this treasure are varied, some place it in the environment of the Roques de Anaga , while others place it in the zone of Punta del Hidalgo and the cave of San ...
A carbon dating of the chest dated it to approximately 675, making it older than the objects stored inside it. [10] Although silver hoards and treasures are not unusual on Gotland, this was an exceptionally large find. One explanation may be found in the location near some of the island's best and most significant harbours during the Viking Age.
Malagana, also known as the Malagana Treasure is an archaeological site of Colombia named after a sugarcane estate where it was accidentally discovered in 1992. During the few days after its discovery, the place was subject to a large scale looting with a rough estimate of 4 tons of pre-Columbian artifacts illegally removed from the burial ...
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, ... New artifacts found in legendary treasure-laden shipwreck. ... The 10 best things to do in Gretna, Louisiana.
Sifting through the dirt, they found more than 24,000 artifacts, including shards of clay pots and other vessels; stone points used on spears, arrows and hand tools; and at least one piece of jewelry.
Mualani (also called Muolani or simply Mua; lani = "heaven/sky" in Hawaiian) was a Hawaiian High Chiefess who lived on the island of Oahu and was a Princess of Koʻolau. She was a daughter of Princess Hinakaimauliʻawa of Koʻolau, [1] who was Chief Kalehenui's daughter. [2] [3] [4] Mualani's father was called Kahiwakaʻapu.
The 5,600-year-old flint dagger was linked to a Neolithic community known as the Lublin-Volhynia culture, officials said. This community thrived in modern-day southeastern Poland between 4100 B.C ...
An archaeological artefact is any item that has been made or modified by past human cultures. Archaeologists give names to the artefacts that they find. These names may not always reflect the true purpose of the item and are sometimes deliberately vague.