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A farmer lost a hammer in his field and went looking for it with a metal detector — instead he found nearly 15,000 Roman coins, gold jewelry and silver tableware buried beneath the soil, one of the richest Roman treasure hoards ever discovered in Britain
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (521+ words) Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a Suffolk field in November 1992, the sort of thing that happens on a farm most weeks and never gets written down anywhere. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a…...
A Circular Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Just Emerged From the Czech Soil, With Human Bones Beside It
13+ hour, 10+ min ago (361+ words) A monumental circle rose from the earth near a small Czech village nearly 6,500 years ago, built by hands that somehow understood the sky better than we'd ever expect. A circular monument built 6,500 years ago near the present-day municipality of Chleby,…...
A Metal Detectorist Found 52,503 Roman Coins. Then Their Unusual Order Revealed a 1,700-Year-Old Mystery
13+ hour, 10+ min ago (484+ words) 52,503 Roman artefacts and a burial site that defies any obvious explanation. In April 2010, metal detectorist Dave Crisp was sweeping a field near Frome, Somerset, when his equipment picked up an unusual signal about a foot below the surface. He uncovered…...
In 1915, Stonehenge came up as Lot 15 at an auction in Salisbury, and a local barrister bought it for £6,600 along with about 30 acres of downland. He handed it to the nation three years later, with a deed saying public admission should cost no more than a shilling per visit.
18+ hour, 25+ min ago (129+ words) Why would anyone buy a stone circle at a country auction? Not the farmland around it, not a grand house, but the ruin itself, listed as a numbered lot on a...
Homeowner Building a Patio Finds Denmark's Largest Viking Silver Hoard
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (387+ words) A homeowner in northern Denmark set out to build a new patio and ended up uncovering the country’s largest known hoard of Viking silver instead. The roughly 1,000-year-old treasure includes hundreds of coins, pieces of jewelry, silver bars, and even…...
'Biggest surprise of my life': Denmark's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered in backyard
2+ day, 17+ min ago (728+ words) The mundane work of clearing grass and stones in a backyard has led to the discovery of Denmark's largest known hoard of Viking Age silver. The finder, a man based in the northern Danish municipality of Rebild who wishes to…...
Mystery of the 'Devil's Arrows' solved: How the 25-ton stones were transported to Yorkshire 5 years ago
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (836+ words) When it comes to prehistoric stone monuments in Britain, Stonehenge is usually the first name that comes to mind. But in Yorkshire there is another ancient monument that has raised questions among researchers for centuries. Known as “The Devil's Arrows…...
King unveils replica of Anglo-Saxon Kirkdale sundial at British Museum
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (390+ words) Friday 11 September 2026 Freya de Lisle, a stonemason at York Minster, applies the finishing touches to the sundial THE King and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, unveiled a replica of the historical Kirkdale sundial, made by York Minster’s team of craftspeople,…...
Finland's Largest Viking Silver Treasure in the Country's History Discovered
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (337+ words) Finestre sull'Arte - Finland's Largest Viking Silver Treasure in the Country's History Discovered An important archaeological discovery has been made in Finland, where, near the village of Sysmä, what appears to be the largest hoard of silver coins from the Viking…...
Stone Tool-Making Demonstration
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (139+ words) By Door County Pulse, September 10th, 2026 Master flintknapper and artist David Slamka will demonstrate how stone points and other tools were made hundreds of years ago during a hands-on demonstration this Saturday. The flintknapping demo, Chipping into the Past, will be…...