A cache of gold coins found buried on farmland in the United Kingdom has caught the attention of coin experts, who have linked the treasure trove to the Roman Empire. So far, metal detectorists have discovered 11 coins on a remote stretch of cultivated field located in Norfolk, a rural county near England’s eastern coast, […]
The figurines point to the presence of a cult faith in the region during the New Stone Age. Lucky statues may have been used to achieve a successful hunt. Anna Eirikh of Israel works and Dr. Authority. “The first figurine in the shape of a ram with twisted horns is made of limestone and is […]
The Dodos were not as stupid as their reputation showed. New research reveals that these extinct, flightless birds are probably as intelligent as modern pigeons and have a better sense of smell. Dodos (Raphus cucullatus) had vanished in 1662, 100 years after their home on the islands of Mauritius became a destination for Dutch […]
The Dodo was a sitting duck. The bird was fat and flightless, clueless and incompetent. In practice, it was a walking evolutionary mistake that was prepared to die. When the Dutch colonized the small island of Dodon at the end of the 16th century, the eccentricity of land entered directly into the waiting arms of […]
5th-6th century AD, found at remains of early Byzantine fortress at Hajdučka vodenica archaeological site, near Tekija on the Danube river, eastern Serbia. These coins were found inside ceramic pot, together with beam scale and set of weights. Coins were probably hidden by moneychanger, who put them aside probably during some of the numerous barbarian […]
