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Nálezy a archeologické výzkumy ve východné Evropě

They searched for the Roman road and discovered a million-dollar treasure from the Thirty Years' War

A father and son discovered a treasure trove of rare European coins from the 16th and 17th centuries near Pomiechówek, Poland, with the help of metal detectors. Most of the coins are in excellent condition; their estimated value is almost CZK 3 million.

An unusual cemetery of the Priory culture and a warrior's grave with a perfectly preserved Roman situla in Poland

Archaeologists have uncovered a richly furnished Iron Age war grave in a cemetery in Kazimierz Wielka, Poland. It contained iron weapons and, in particular, a very rare surviving Roman bronze urn - a situla from the younger pre-Roman and early Roman period between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD.

On the floor of the 10th century house lay gold coins from the 6th century

Gold coins of the East Roman emperor Justinian I the Great were discovered during the excavation of a medieval house in the village of Debnevo in northern Bulgaria. The coins were apparently discovered by early medieval builders in the ruins of a Byzantine house on which they built a new house...

Pot of 2,500-year-old gold coins discovered in Turkey

In the ancient city-state of Notion in Turkey, a wine vessel filled with gold coins of the "daric" type was discovered. They date from the 5th century BC and were probably minted in Sardis, about 100 km from the site of the discovery. This is the first ever hoard of gold coins in Asia Minor discovered in an archaeological context. It changes the view of the chronology of Persian coins.

Massive gilded "royal" ring from the 14th century

The rare ring was discovered during an archaeological research carried out by researchers from the National Institute of Archaeology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the citadel of the medieval fortress of Kokalyan Urvich. The ring was lying in a carved tomb from the late 14th century and is directly linked to the ruler.

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

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...

Medieval set of liturgical silverware and a hoard of silver coins

Last autumn, archaeologists from the Hungarian National Museum discovered the remains of a three-aisled basilica of a former Benedictine abbey and an older rotunda during a test excavation. This year they returned to the site in Tomajmonostora in eastern Hungary with the aim of thoroughly investigating the site. In the process, they found a medieval grave from the 13th to 14th centuries with the skeletal remains of a man holding a silver chalice and a communion bowl.

Detectives found the robber's gold and silver treasure

The Polish detector group Świętokrzyska Grupa Eksploracyjna has discovered several hoards of silver and gold coins associated with the infamous "adventurer", false prophet and robber Antoni Jaczewski, who made his fortune on the superstition of people seeking a cure during a plague epidemic..

A 2500-year-old perfectly preserved bronze helmet has been discovered in Croatia

An ancient Greco-Illyrian helmet was discovered during the excavation of an archaeological burial site on the Croatian Pelješac peninsula about 40 km from Dubrovnik. It was probably left at the site as a memento of a deceased soldier. This is the second helmet - the first and younger one was discovered just ten metres away.

The oldest copper axe in Poland discovered during a club detector event

Last August, a unique copper axe from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC was discovered near Matcze, Poland, near the border with Ukraine, with the help of a metal detector. It is the oldest ever discovered in Poland and quite possibly the oldest copper artefact ever discovered on Polish territory...

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