Archeology
How did prehistoric people make metal objects?
5,000 years ago, people moved from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age thanks to the advent of metallurgy, separating metals from impurities.
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History
Massive Nazi treasures still exist?
When the Nazis occupied much of Europe and North Africa during the Second World War, gold, valuable artefacts, and priceless paintings disappeared from the conquered ter…
Archeology
Discovered a 2,000-year-old iron pen engraved in English
The ancient pen carved passage was restored by experts to become more readable, revealing witty content.
Archeology
Detecting more than 100 deformed remains in stone quarries
Many remains of skulls have an oddly stretched skull and countless valuable jewelry have been found at a quarry near Bolivia's capital La Paz.
Archeology
Digging a tiny piece of gold, the new test is a 3,000-year-old treasure
Graham Ingledow has found rare artifacts near an ancient Roman fort in Wigton, Cumbria, England. And you know that stuff is very rare.
Archeology
Discover treasures that contain extremely valuable gold coins on the Black Sea coast
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a treasure containing 957 precious artifacts at the Kaliakra Fortress on the Black Sea coast.
Archeology
Discover the skeleton 'Red Queen' of the Maya
Around the skull is a crown made of jade beads as well as hundreds of green fragments from a broken mask.
Archeology
The ship is covered in gold under the desert sand of Namibia
The mystery of the Portuguese ship carrying 2,000 missing gold 500 years ago is explained when scientists found coins and debris under the coastal desert sand of Namibia.
Archeology
The girl found the pharaoh's 3,200-year-old amulet
Neshama Spielman, a Jerusalem girl who unearthed the pendant of Egyptian pendant pharaoh in an archaeological dig at 8 years old.
Archeology
The 800-year-old shipwreck contains more than 14,000 gold and silver items
Thousands of gold, silver and bronze objects were salvaged from Nam Hai 1, the Chinese cargo ship sank 800 years ago.
Archeology
The source of Pompeii style artefacts
Ancient Roman artifacts nearly 2000 years ago have the equivalent of what was left discovered in Pompeii, Italy.