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The Remains Of A Danish Warship Were Just Found In Copenhagen Harbor 225 Years After It Was Sunk By The British
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (843+ words) The Viking Ship Museum in RoskildeA metal insignia that was recovered from the wreck of the Dannebroge. The Dannebroge was destroyed by a British fleet led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the fierce Battle of Copenhagen. Of its crew…...
A Rare Roman Phallus That May Have Been Used To Ward Off Evil Spirits Was Just Found In A Dutch Museum
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (655+ words) Province of GelderlandThough phalluses were depicted often in ancient Rome, it's rare to find one carved from bone. For decades, thousands of boxes of archaeological treasures have sat unopened in the Netherlands. Now, experts have started to sort through them....
The Remains Of A Medieval Gate With Two Imposing Guard Towers Were Just Found Under The Dutch Houses Of Parliament
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (728+ words) Tineke Dijkstra/Central Government Real Estate Agency of the NetherlandsThe foundations of the Spuipoort were uncovered during renovation work at the Binnenhof. Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery amid ongoing renovations at the Binnenhof, a complex of government buildings in…...
The Bizarre Story Of Polybius, The Video Game That Allegedly Hypnotized Players — Then Mysteriously Vanished
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1117+ words) For decades, rumors have circulated of a strange game that supposedly appeared in several arcades around Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was so unsettling that it allegedly caused seizures, hallucinations, and even mysterious disappearances. The game was called Polybius. Although there…...
A Metal Detectorist In Switzerland Just Found A Nine-Inch Bronze Axe That Dates Back 3,500 Years
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (436+ words) While walking through the dense woods near Burg im Leimental, Switzerland, a volunteer surveyor recently came across a bronze axe. This astonishing relic is believed to be some 3,500 years old "and archaeologists suspect that it may have been some kind…...
Divers Just Recovered The Shockingly Intact Cargo Of A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Ship From The Bottom Of A Swiss Lake
1+ week, 1+ day ago (746+ words) Octopus FoundationDivers investigating some of the Roman cargo discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuch'tel. While checking up on the ecological health of lakes and certain submerged areas in Switzerland, officials noticed a strange shadow on the bottom of Lake…...
Archaeologists In Germany May Have Just Identified The Oldest Handgun Ever Found In Europe
1+ week, 3+ day ago (735+ words) Prignitz DistrictThe bronze fragment of the "hand cannon" found near Germany's Kletzke Castle. When a volunteer archaeologist working near Kletzke Castle in Brandenburg, Germany spotted some fragments of bronze, he suspected that they could be important. But these bronze pieces…...
Bulgarian Gangsters Busted For Looting 4,600 Ancient Artifacts From Historical Sites
1+ week, 3+ day ago (740+ words) EuropolThe items stolen spanned from the Bronze and Iron Age to the Middle Ages. After two years of investigation by Bulgarian, British, and German authorities, an international crime ring planning to smuggle thousands of ancient artifacts into England has been…...
A Retired Firefighter Just Happened Upon A 1,900-Year-Old Roman Tombstone While Foraging For Wild Asparagus In Northern Italy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (732+ words) Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Pisa and LivornoThe Roman tombstone found outside Livorno appears to date back to the 2nd century C.E. When Roberto Tessari recently hiked into the woods near Livorno, Italy, he was hoping…...
Archaeologists Have Just Uncovered What Might Be The Single Largest Mass Child Sacrifice In History
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (943+ words) AFPResearchers believe the mass sacrifice was a ritualistic offering to the Chim's moon god, in order to ward off El Ni'o-related weather. Archaeologists in Peru have just discovered what is likely to be the largest mass child sacrifice site in…...