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Gold coins dating back more than 2,000 years have been found by metal detectorists in Wales, making them the first hoard of Iron Age gold coins to have been discovered in the country.
Also found among the Roman coins were 72 gold aurei, dated from 18 B.C. to 47 A.D. Those coins show no signs of wear and likely came from a pile of freshly minted coins, according to the Cultural ...
Archaeologists discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb in Italy filled with over 150 artifacts, including chariots and bronze items, shedding light on Picene aristocrats.
The most famous exhibits were the Begram ivories, a series of exquisite Indian panels nearly 2,000 years old, excavated by French archaeologists in the Thirties (1930s)". [12] In November 2004, much of the missing collection numbering 22,513 items was found safely hidden.
5 – A 2,000-year-old oil lamp has been discovered at the foundation of a building in Jerusalem's City of David. [66] 6 – A 2,000-year-old marble head of Augustus has been discovered in Isernia, Italy. [67] 11 250 stone tombs have been discovered at Al-Hamidiyah cemetery, east of Sohag, dated back from Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic dynasty. [68]
Pages in category "Treasure troves in Italy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Gold of Taranto; H. House of the Vestals Hoards; M.
That same year, ancient bronze statues were found in a garbage dump in Tuscany, Italy. In 2013, a 1,800-year-old carved stone head possibly depicting a Roman god found in an ancient trash dump in ...
Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. [4] He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, [5] and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.