silver Archive

Why Did Vikings Hide A Precious Silver Treasure Under The Thralls’ House?

AncientPages.com | September 18, 2024

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Over 1,000 years ago, Vikings chose to bury and conceal a valuable silver treasure, which has now been discovered by a farmer preparing

Vikings

Student Finds Beautiful Viking Age Silver Hoard In Aarhus, Denmark

AncientPages.com | August 21, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a significant Viking Age silver treasure with connections to Russia, Ukraine, and the British Isles has been made by a

Archaeology

Silver Offers Evidence Viking Age Started Much Earlier Than Previously Thought – Archaeologist Says

AncientPages.com | November 7, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings, traditionally depicted as primitive bearded warriors, had a fondness for some of life's precious things. In Europe, hundreds of buried hoards of

Archaeology

Magnificent Large Viking Age Silver Treasure Found By Metal Detectorist On Engeløya, Norway

AncientPages.com | September 7, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The metal detectorist could hardly believe his eyes when he saw what he had found. He was looking at a magnificent Viking Age

Mystery Of Egyptian Queen Hetepheres I's 4,600-Year-Old Bracelets Solved!

Archaeology

Mystery Of Egyptian Queen Hetepheres I’s Bracelets Solved!

AncientPages.com | June 2, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers have led the analysis of bracelets found in the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I – the largest and most famous collection of

Archaeology

200 Tons Of Silver Hidden From The Romans On The Shores Of The River Lahn

AncientPages.com | February 23, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD.

Archaeology

Source Of Ancient Roman Silver Was The Iberian Peninsula

AncientPages.com | December 18, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Despite its prior status as a luxury commodity, silver became widely used for coinage in the Roman world from the 7th century BCE

Left: A silver ring shaped like a snake which was found in Catterick © Northern Archaeological Associates; Right: One of the many keys found in Catterick, North Yorkshire. © Northern Archaeological Associates

Archaeology

Discovery Of Roman Settlement, Workshops And Artifacts Will Shed Light On Their Life In Northern England

AncientPages.com | April 13, 2017

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have recently discovered a range of Roman objects through a major road improvement scheme in North Yorkshire. The artifacts including Roman shoes, keys, a rare silver

Part of the inscription on the Fornham sword, which is inset with silver. Picture: Suffolk County Council

Archaeology

Old Sword Decorated With Inscription And Related To 1173 Battle Of Fornham – Unearthed

AncientPages.com | April 8, 2017

AncientPages.com - A digger team working at the pond on the golf course at All Saints Hotel, Fornham St Genevieve discovered an old sword decorated with silver inscription. The

Left: A golden ingot; Right: Image credit: (Xinhua/Li He) a gold coin unearthed during an archaeological excavation.

Archaeology

Ancient Legend Is Now Proven True: Sunken Treasure Of Gold And Silver Found

AncientPages.com | March 22, 2017

AncientPages.com - According to a centuries-old legend, a great treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river. This

A Swiss farmer has discovered on his cherry plantation spectacular treasure: more than 4,000 Roman coins, exceptionally well-preserved and with high silver content. Archaeologists are puzzled.

Archaeology

Swiss Farmer Discovered Roman Coins Among Cherry Trees

AncientPages.com | November 22, 2015

AncientPages.com - A Swiss farmer has discovered more than 4,000 Roman coins, exceptionally well-preserved and with high silver content. This surprising discovery was made on his cherry plantation and now archaeologists