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Nálezy nejenom s detektorem na blízkém východě

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Mummies with golden tongues

In the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, about 150 km from Cairo, 52 mummies of the Ptolemaic dynasty were discovered.13 mummies carried golden tongues in their mouths, one had golden nail plates. Richly decorated tombs were also discovered, with amulets and other objects with ritual themes.

First physical evidence: the Egyptians actually drank hallucinogenic drinks

The University of South Florida is the first in the world to document the presence of hallucinogens in a 2,400-year-old Egyptian vessel. It confirms ancient written records and myths about Egyptian rituals. Professor Davide Tanasi's study reveals the exact composition of the drink and its probable purpose...

A hoard of coins from the 3rd and 4th centuries as the first evidence of the Jewish revolt in Lod

Some time ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) presented the discovery of the remains of a Jewish public building in Lod, the former ancient city of Lydda in the middle of present-day Israel. Among the most significant finds in the building are impressive stone and marble artifacts; Greek, Hebrew and Latin inscriptions and a hoard of silver and bronze coins dating from the violent suppression of the Jewish revolt...

Workers digging rainwater pit, discover treasure

A rare 18th-century treasure was discovered in a rubber plantation near Chengalaya in Kannur, India, while digging a pit to catch rainwater. The collection included gold and silver coins, gold necklaces, earrings, rings and other jewellery, including gold medallions and pearl necklaces.

A 1700-year-old hoard of silver coins from the last Jewish revolt of antiquity

In the ancient city of Lydda (today's Lod) near Tel Aviv, a rare silver treasure was discoveredand bronze coins from the period of the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule. The coins, dating from between 221 and 354, were found during excavations of the ruins of a public building dating from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods, the first evidence of a Jewish uprising in the city...

2,000-year-old mounds with gold jewels on the Silk Road

Archaeologists have discovered burial mounds with rich equipment in Turkistan, Kazakhstan. Among the artefacts were gold jewellery, weapons and arrowheads or everyday objects. All from the period of the virtually unknown Kangju state between the 5th century BC and the 4th century AD.

One of the great mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids solved

For many years, archaeologists believed that the ancient Egyptians must have used some sort of watercourse to transport the heavy stone blocks to build the pyramids. But until now, no one was sure of the location, shape, size or proximity of such a waterway. Last week, an international research team announced a discovery that sheds light on this mystery...

Ancient coin box with coins

In Hadrianopolis, today's Turkish city of Edirne, a set of almost 1,400-year-old coins was discovered in a ceramic jar. It is probably not a classic coin hoard - a depot, but rather a period "piggy bank", or a domestic treasure box.

Over 2200 years old saw and clay tablet in an unknown language

During excavations of the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa (Chattoush) in today's central Çorum province of Turkey, a rare sawmill from the 3rd century was discovered. century BC. It is one of the few known ancient iron saws and the first ever from this period in Anatolia.

5 600 year old pot full of beads

Archaeologists from the "Oriental" department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Institute of Archaeology at Jordán University have been investigating the foundations of a house on the site of a late Copper Age settlement at Tell Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan in Jordan. In the process, they found an unusual jar containing thousands of beads made of clay, bone and shell...

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