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Search in the sea, this time Sardinia!!

Search in the sea, this time Sardinia!!

Logi76
15177 10
Last July I spent my holiday in Calabria in the south of Italy, and I must say I was quite successful. Five gold rings was my record from the sea, which will be hard to beat...
A Bronze Age axe has been discovered in the sea off the Norwegian coast

A Bronze Age axe has been discovered in the sea off the Norwegian coast

GM4PRO
15646 0
A Bronze Age axe was discovered on the seabed off Arendal in south-eastern Norway at a depth of 12 metres. According to the specific hollow shape, it is specifically from the Middle Bronze Age and dates back to approximately 1100 BC. This is the first prehistoric metal artefact discovered in Norwegian waters and possibly the first evidence of a shipwreck from this period...
The history of the ancient Olympics: honour, glory, wealth vs politics, bribes and fraud

The history of the ancient Olympics: honour, glory, wealth vs politics, bribes and fraud

GM4PRO
19689 3
The ancient Olympic Games were one of the competitions between representatives of city-states. From the beginning, they were a political tool to assert dominance over others. The results were often manipulated. At various times, some city states refused to participate and exerted political pressure to promote their own interests, while others were excluded from the Games. The history of the Olympics is full of controversy and myth, in many ways no different from that of modern...
The oldest Christian artifact in Bulgaria and the first with the name of Christ

The oldest Christian artifact in Bulgaria and the first with the name of Christ

GM4PRO
14760 1
A silver amulet from the second half of the 2nd century or the beginning of the 3rd century was discovered in the grave of a young man at the site of the Bulgarian archaeological park Deultum-Debelt. It contains the first mention of Christ, the first sign of the cross and the first mentions of the archangels Gabriel and Michael. It is the oldest Christian amulet discovered on the territory of Bulgaria...
British government to allocate 7.5 million to Celtic coin hoard research and public engagement

British government to allocate 7.5 million to Celtic coin hoard research and public engagement

GM4PRO
30866 1
The Le Catillon II treasure was discovered in 2012 by two detectorist friends, Reg Mead and Richard Mile, after searching for it for over thirty years. The coin depot, dating from around 40 BC, was eventually discovered in a field in east Jersey at a depth of just over 1m. The Crown later sold it to the Jersey Government and at the same time pledged financial support for its research and education...
Sometimes the smallest artifacts write the biggest stories

Sometimes the smallest artifacts write the biggest stories

GM4PRO
25487 25
In 2015, archaeologists began systematically exploring one of the most interesting sites in England, known as Must Farm. The former village of around 60 inhabitants was built on pylons over water around 850 BC. About a year later it was completely destroyed by fire and the whole village sank to the bottom of a shallow muddy river. Thanks to the ideal conditions without access to oxygen, the site has remained almost intact to this day. The recent discovery there literally took the experts' breath away.
Missing treasures from the British Museum were sold by its curator

Missing treasures from the British Museum were sold by its curator

GM4PRO
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The FBI's US investigative agency has targeted the sale of hundreds of treasures from the British Museum to American buyers. The British Museum reported last year that at least 1,500 gems, jewels and other items from its collections had disappeared, been stolen or damaged. The museum claims a curator sold them, causing at least 3 million crowns worth of damage...

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