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Detectorists have found a rare set of Carolingian silver coins, possibly from a Viking ransom

In a field near the town of Biskupiec in northeastern Poland, detectorists have discovered a treasure trove of silver coins from the Carolingian period. The roughly 1,200-year-old coin set may have been part of a historic ransom to protect Paris from a Viking invasion.

A unique eight-metre-long dinosaur skeleton - the so-called Lufengosaurus - has been found in China

In May this year, a 180-million-year-old giant Lufengosaurus skeleton was discovered in Lu-Feng, southwest China. Apart from its impressive size, what makes it special is its preservation - it is 70 percent intact. According to experts, a living specimen could be up to eight metres long and weigh up to two tonnes...

A chained skeleton as unique evidence of slavery in Roman Britain

The internationally significant discovery of the grave of a young man shackled and chained up to 1,800 years old is the first of its kind in the UK and one of the few found in Europe. The slave was secured with massive locked iron shackles. According to experts, he was deliberately shackled and then thrown into a ditch outside the boundaries of a nearby cemetery.

Ritual Roman bronzes found by detectorists sold for record amount

Two friends - detectorists James Spark and Mark Didlick from York - found an 1,800-year-old Roman treasure in a field near Ryedale in North Yorkshire last May. A unique votive set of bronze busts of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the god Mars on horseback was found along with anotherwith other items, was auctioned for a sum that exceeded all expectations.

First detector search and the find of a lifetime: A mix of Roman, Viking and other treasures

Detective Charles Cartwright went on his first search on May 7. He was walking through a field at Polfields Coppice in Doddenham when he came across a very strong signal. He eventually unearthed nearly 300 rare historical artefacts from a shallow depth, including jewellery from the medieval and Bronze Age periods, as well as a number of Egyptian valuables. But suspicion replaced the joy.

Southwest Germany's oldest gold artefact confirms cultural links with prehistoric Britain

Archaeologists have discovered the region's oldest gold object near Reusten in the Tübingen district of southwest Germany.

Real age of giant man with erect penis revealed - new findings change history

After a year of scientific analysis and centuries of conjecture, experts from the National Trust have confirmed the true age of the so-called. The "Cerne Giant" - a 55-metre-tall figure of a man with a nine-metre-long penis that someone carved centuries ago into a chalk hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in England. The new data debunks virtually all previous theories, changing the outdated view of all chalk figures in England.

One of the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius 2000 years ago was a rescuer - it didn't take much to save him

Italian archaeologists have identified the body of a man killed in the eruption of Vesuvius. The remains of what was once thought to be a private soldier were discovered in Herculaneum along with three hundred others in the 1980s. Experts now believe he was a senior officer in the rescue mission led by Pliny the Elder.

A nearly 2000-year-old revolutionary coin as an archaeological dream come true

Israeli archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem have come across a very rare coin from the second century AD, the time of the last Jewish revolt of Bar Kokhba. The discovery has been described as "a dream come true", as it is only the fourth coin found here from this turbulent period...

The foundation bought a treasure of Celtic coins and jewelry from a private collection for 1.3 million crowns

The Independent Trust Fund for the Preservation of Jersey's Historic Monuments has purchased part of one of Europe's greatest Iron Age treasures. The artifacts make up about two-thirds of the "Le Câtillon I" set from an accidental find in 1957, which is linked to Britain's largest treasure of Celtic coins found by a metal detector in 2012 ...

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