A FORMER garbage collector turned gold digger has found what could be one of the largest gold nuggets ever discovered with a value of £172,000. Syd Pearson struck gold in the form of a 4.3kg nugget when digging in the Australian state of Victoria. Syd …

The Egtved Girl (c. 1390–1370 BC) was a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered outside Egtved, Denmark in 1921. Aged 16–18 at death, she was slim, 1.6…

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Archaeologists were called in when a worker stumbled across a number of strange artefacts in Africa, leading to what may be one of the most significant shipwrecks ever found. More…

In a momentous discovery that has captured the world’s imagination, a trove of lost treasures has been unearthed from the riverbed. Among the priceless artifacts are ancient gold utensils, showcasing…

The Ancient Greek Amphiareion of Oropos. Credit: Γεώργιος Βέζας/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 The Amphiareion of Oropos (Greek: Άμφιάρειο Ωρωπού), situated in the hills 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) southeast of the fortified port of Oropos in East Attica, …

Marduk was the chief God of the Babylonians. His statue was housed in the Esagila, the city’s main temple. The Babylonians believed that Marduk himself resided in their city through this statue. Thus, the God and the statue were inseparable. This belief …

The legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII came to power at the remarkably young age of 17 after the death of her father, Pharaoh Ptolemy XII, in 51 BC. She ruled…

Life is full of surprises, and sometimes, those surprises can be buried deep within the earth, waiting to be discovered. Imagine stumbling upon a hidden treasure under enormous rocks, covered…