Cemetery excavation unearths Roman artifacts
An excavation at Luton’s Vale Cemetery in England has led to the discovery of a collection of Roman-era artifacts.A draft report from Oxford Archaeology East, commissioned by Luton Borough Council,...
View ArticleHoard of bronze artifacts found in Poland
Archaeologists working in Poland have unearthed a hoard of bronze artifacts in the Bieszczady Mountains.“All the objects are made of bronze. The treasure contains a pickaxe, dozens of fragments of a...
View Article700-year-old artifacts found in Singapore
A collection of artifacts, most of which date back 700 years, have been found at an excavation our side Empress Palace in Singapore.A team of archaeologists digging at an excavation site in front of...
View Article200-year-old artifacts found at Fort Edmonton
European artifacts dating back to 1810 have been found at the location of Fort Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.Glass beads, a ring and a clay pipe unearthed during construction of the new Walterdale Bridge...
View ArticleHistoric artifacts found at Bradgate Park
Artifacts spanning thousands of years of history have been uncovered by archaeology students working in Bradgate Park, in Leicestershire, England.He said: “We have Paleolithic flints, a piece of Roman...
View ArticleTeens arrested for pocketing Auschwitz artifacts
Two British teenagers on a school trip to Auschwitz have been arrested for pocketing artifacts from the Nazi death camp.Guards said they had noticed the two 17-year-olds acting suspiciously on Monday...
View ArticleAmerican WWII artifacts sound on Salisbury Plain
Items left behind my American troops who were training for the invasion into Nazi-occupied Europe have been found on Salisbury Plain.Among the finds were tins of cooking oil, bottles of sauce and “even...
View ArticleMedieval objects found at Oxford construction site
Excavations ahead of a shopping center in Oxford, England, have turned up hundreds of objects dating back 700 years, including 50 medieval shoes.Experts uncovered 50 medieval leather shoes and a bag as...
View ArticleNative American artifacts unearthed in New York
More than 100 Native American artifacts have been found near the waterfront in Pelham Bay Park in New York.Tests show the rare artifacts date back to between 200 AD and 1000 AD — centuries before...
View ArticleGold wreath found in Cyprus tomb complex
A gold wreath in the shape of an ivy plant has been found at a 2,400-year-old tomb complex in Cyprus.The complex contains three burial chambers, two of which were intact while the third had been...
View ArticleCivil War gunship artifacts returned to Savannah River
More than 15,000 artifacts recovered from the wreckage of the confederate gunship CSS Georgia have been returned to the mud of the Savannah River.Leather boots, the hilts of swords — even a stray...
View ArticleNubian artifacts found in remains of temple
Nubian artifacts have been found in the remains of a temple found in Sudan.A team of Italian and Russian archeologists has made what the Sudan Antiquities Service is calling the most important...
View ArticleRoman artifacts found at English nursery
An excavation in a field next to a nursery in Aylsham, England, has uncovered loads of Roman artifacts.A final five days of digging begin today, but site owner Peter Purdy and archaeologists are...
View ArticleCopper artifacts found in northern Germany
Construction work in northern Germany has unearthed a variety of ancient copper artifacts.A group of ancient copper items found at a construction site in June, including three pieces of jewelry and an...
View Article15th-century artifacts unearthed in southwest England
Medieval artifacts, including a child’s shoe, have been unearthed in the town of Newton Abbot by a team of researchers from Cotswold Archaeology.Archaeologists digging in Newton Abbot town centre are...
View Article1,500-year-old golden medallion unearthed in Denmark
A small collection of gold artifacts, including a medallion have been found by a local man and his sons on the Danish island of Lolland.Among the gold discovered was a so-called bracteate, a thin gold...
View ArticleRevolutionary War artifacts found in Virginia
Artifacts dating back to the Revolutionary War has been found in a cellar in southeastern Virginia.Then archaeologist Michele Brumfield discovered an ancient brass plate that at first looked unmarked —...
View ArticleThousands of Native American artifacts revealed after wildfire
A wildfire in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming has revealed thousands of Native American artifacts.A wildfire high in the alpine forests of northwestern Wyoming has revealed a vast, centuries-old...
View Article17th-century artifacts found under mansion floor
Conservationists have recovered artifacts dating back to the 17th century in Petworth House in England.The Marble Hall was built by the 6th Duke of Somerset in the 1690s as the impressive formal...
View ArticleIce Age artifacts found in Indonesia
Jewelry and art dating back between 26,000-22,000 years has been found in Indonesia.The artifacts, which include pendants and beads made from the bones of “pig-deer” and monkey-like marsupials, date...
View ArticleGreco-Roman artifacts found in Alexandria
A collection of artifacts dating to Hellenistic and Byzantine eras have been found in Alexandria, Egypt.Excavators from Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities have discovered a collection of Graeco-Roman...
View ArticleRitual Canaanite artifacts found in Israel
Canaanite artifacts have been found at the ancient city of Libnah, in Israel.The discovery of masks and more cultic vessels has bolstered confidence that ritual activity was taking place 3,200 years...
View Article23,000-year-old artifacts found in Brazil
23,000-year-old artifacts have been found in the Santa Elina rock-shelter in Brazil.Evidence of people’s presence at Santa Elina rock shelter, located in a forested part of central-west Brazil, so long...
View ArticleCache of Bronze Age artifacts found in Swiss Alps
A cache of Bronze Age artifacts has been found in the Swiss Alps.Among the total haul is a wooden box containing flour, fragments of bows, flint arrowheads, string made from animal fibre, a container...
View ArticleThe Most Amazing Artifacts Discovered While Building Rome’s Subway
The Most Amazing Artifacts Discovered While Building Rome’s SubwayThe city of Rome is over 2,700 years old. Dig into the ground and you’ll eventually bump into what the old residents left behind.Over...
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