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Storm unearths ornate Early Iron Age dagger
Updated: 2025-04-03 04:11:00
A heavy storm on the Baltic coast of Poland collaborated with a pair of metal detectorists to uncover a richly decorated dagger from the Early Iron Age Hallstatt period (ca. 800-620 B.C.). Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Herdzik, respectively president and member of the St. Cordula Exploration Association for the Saving of Monuments, discovered the dagger … Read the full post →"Storm unearths ornate Early Iron Age dagger"Largest complete dinosaur claw found in Gobi Desert
Updated: 2025-04-02 04:02:00
The largest fully-preserved dinosaur claw has been discovered during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of southeastern Mongolia. Named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, the previously-unknown Cretaceous dinosaur had two-digit hands with lethal curved claws nearly a foot long. The newly-discovered fossil preserved both of the claws of both hands, plus the keratin sheath of … Read the full post →"Largest complete dinosaur claw found in Gobi Desert"3,500-year-old bronze daggers found in corn field
Updated: 2025-04-01 04:01:00
Two bronze daggers that are at least 3,500 years old have been discovered in a corn field near Kutenholz, Germany. They are among the oldest Bronze Age artifacts ever found in Lower Saxony. The field had already been scanned in 2017 by metal detectorist Frank Hoferichter in collaboration with the Stader district archaeologist Daniel Nösler. … Read the full post →"3,500-year-old bronze daggers found in corn field"Early Bronze Age Trojans from all classes drank wine
Updated: 2025-03-31 05:52:45
An analysis of a refined drinking vessel discovered in Heinrich Schliemann’s excavation of Troy in the 19th century has confirmed that it was used to drink wine in the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2300-2000 B.C.). The same technology was used to analyze residue in common cups and beakers and the evidence of wine was found … Read the full post →"Early Bronze Age Trojans from all classes drank wine"Unique chance to see Caravaggio’s only mural
Updated: 2025-03-30 04:56:33
It looks like there’s an end in sight for the crazy drama over the ownership of the Villa Aurora, aka the Casino Boncompagni Ludovisi, the 16th century mansion a stone’s throw from the American Embassy in Rome that boasts the only mural ever painted by the Baroque genius Caravaggio. Quick recap: the last undisputed owner … Read the full post →"Unique chance to see Caravaggio’s only mural"