The preserved city walls were discovered eight years ago by conservationists in Opava. This happened a month after an aerial bomb from the Second World War was found in the same place. The walls were approximately 800 years old.
Nine years ago the Morava River gave up its secret. Water managers drained it for the necessary repair of the Spytihněv dam and discovered the remains of an eleventh-century church at the bottom. The Gothic blocks were then gradually pulled out of the mud by archaeologists.
A unique treasure was discovered by archaeologists four years ago in Slovakia. They came across a tent structure under which mammoth hunters hid. Experts say it's an absolute rarity.
Four years ago, Hurricane Herwart swept through the Czech Republic, leaving a lot of damage in its wake. The church in Staré Křečany in the Děčín region was destroyed. It contained a treasure trove of old documents and coins.
Hundreds of gold and silver objects were discovered in autumn 2014 by a prospector with a metal detector in Scotland. Experts say it was the rarest Viking find in the country since the nineteenth century. The depot contained bracelets, crosses and brooches.
The beautiful treasure was published six years ago by the country in Stíčany near Hrochovo Týnec. Prehistoric jewellery and amber beads were worth about a quarter of a million. The finder received a reward of ten percent.
Axes, bronze bracelets and gold hair ornaments were found eight years ago by a mathematics teacher from Ústí nad Labem when he went for a walk with his dog. He was intrigued by a path that had been ploughed by wild boars. He was the first to discover the bronze axes.
Ten years ago, a decalogue from 1613 was sold for more than 2.6 million crowns. The gold coin dates back to the reign of Matthias II. It was one of the most important auctions in the history of the Czech Republic.
Almost 70 years after the war, Germany returned to Poland a rare painting that the Nazis stole for Hitler's museum. Specifically, it was a work by the Venetian painter Francesco Guardi, entitled "The Palace Staircase". But the search is still on for thousands of works of art that have disappeared to parts unknown.
The discovery of 600 mysterious amulets and seals in Turkey was supposed to help unravel the mystery of an ancient religion about which scientists still know little. They date from the seventh to fourth centuries BC.
