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Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UK
LONDON - It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts.
Nations:U.K. Source:(AP)
2009-09-25
Austrian has Indiana Jones moment in Mongolia
ULAN BATOR (AFP) - Digging for buried treasure in the Gobi Desert sounds like the opening scene of an Indiana Jones film. For Austrian-born Michael Eisenriegler, it was a real-life adventure.
Nations:Mongolia Source:(AFP)
2009-08-03
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
WASHINGTON - Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
Nations:China Israel Russia Source:(AP)
2009-06-01
Marine archaeologists find remains of slave ship
WASHINGTON - Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned.
Nations:Cuba Activities:African-American Slavery Source:(AP)
2008-11-25
Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday.
Nations:Bulgaria Source:(AP)
2008-11-21
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- Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UK 2009-09-25
- Austrian has Indiana Jones moment in Mongolia 2009-08-03
- Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered 2009-06-01
- Marine archaeologists find remains of slave ship 2008-11-25
- Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot 2008-11-21
- Lebanon finds 2,900 year old Phoenician remains 2008-11-12
- 4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt 2008-11-11
- 'Jurassic Park' author Michael Crichton dies at 66 2008-11-05
- Archaeologist says he found oldest Hebrew writing 2008-10-31
- Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub 2008-10-19
- Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners 2008-10-03
- UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing 2008-09-23
- Unseen Teotihuacan treasures to travel to Paris 2008-09-23
- Italy returns piece of Parthenon Marbles to Greece 2008-09-23
- Israeli diggers uncover parts of ancient wall 2008-09-04
- Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologists 2008-08-29
- Archaeologists unearth 1,300-year-old mummy in Peru 2008-08-27
- Neanderthals were not 'stupid,' says new research 2008-08-26
- Remains of vast Neolithic site found in south China 2008-07-22
- Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient? 2008-07-11
- Washington's boyhood home found, but no hatchet 2008-07-02
- Experts say tourist overuse threatens Peru's Machu Picchu 2008-07-01
- Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces 2008-06-20
- Ancient cave linked to early Christians in Jordan 2008-06-11
- Egypt planning DNA test for 3,500-year-old mummy 2008-05-30
- Divers find combined gold toothpick, earwax spoon 2008-05-20
- Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C. 2008-05-13
- Treasure trove found in 500-year-old shipwreck off Africa 2008-05-02
- Last Parthenon marbles threatened by pollution 2008-04-13
- 67 bodies secretly exhumed from NM grave 2008-04-08
- Ancient stone tools found on Australia mine site 2008-04-07
- New evidence of earliest North Americans 2008-04-03
- Archaeologists start Stonehenge dig 2008-04-01
- Ancient gold necklace discovered in Peru 2008-03-31
- Archaeologists unveil finds in Rome digs 2008-03-07
- Archeologists find 5,500 year old plaza in Peru 2008-02-25
- Berlin dig finds city older than thought 2008-01-31
- Cyprus divers to dig out ancient ship 2008-01-25
- Treasure hunters in dispute with Spain 2008-01-24
- Ancient cemetery unearthed in Syria 2008-01-24
- China finds 100,000-year-old human skull 2008-01-23
- Teen charged in bizarre missing dog case 2008-01-04
- Ancient pyramid found in central Mexico City 2007-12-28
- First Dec. 25 Xmas tied to pagan shrine 2007-12-22
- China raises 800-year-old sunken ship 2007-12-21
- Israelis uncover mansion linked to queen 2007-12-06
- Israeli says elusive biblical wall found 2007-11-29
- Wis. boy, 3, finds woolly mammoth tooth 2007-11-06
- Face of King Tut unshrouded to public 2007-11-04
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