Browsing: Village History

A metal detectorist discovered a hoard of 1,469 Roman silver denarii near the village of Letţa Veche in southern Romania…

A group of almost 30 cinerary urns in unusually good condition have been unearthed near Moisburg in the province of…

Metal detectorists in southwest England have discovered an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet raven’s head. It dates to the 7th…

A set of 15 stonemason’s tools from the pre-Roman Iron Age have been discovered in an ancient limestone quarry at…

A rare surviving wooden water pipe dating to the Roman imperial era has been discovered in Leuven, Belgium. Dating to…

The National Gallery, London, has just acquired an early 16th century altarpiece full of mystery, from its authorship to its…

A piece of folded silver discovered by a metal detectorist in Kelvedon, Essex, has been identified as a rare Viking-era…

The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) in Massachusetts has acquired The Entombment, the central panel of a triptych by 16th century…

A rescue excavation in Kaiseraugst, northern Switzerland, has uncovered a wide Roman road lined with porticoes, infant burials, and small…

The tomb of an elite woman from the Caral civilization complete with all of funerary offerings has been discovered at…