To Historians and Tourists, It’s a Mysterious Ancient Burial Site. It Used to Be My Playground.
Author Oliver Smith spent many childhood days exploring a prehistoric mound near his grandparents’ house in Wales. As an ...
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Elite Germanic Pagans Buried ‘Devil’s Money’ as Offerings for Their Gods at This Ancient Cult Site
Buried at the Hezingen site, researchers discovered 25 gold coins, as well as gold pendants and a fragment of a silver ...
8 Ancient Archaeological Sites That Pre-Date the Clovis People
Exciting discoveries from archaeological sites predating the Clovis culture pose new questions about how, when, and by whom ...
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Devil's Money Was Discovered At An Ancient Cult Site In The Netherlands
In the eastern Netherlands, near the German border, researchers have discovered an ancient site used for cult rituals, as ...
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Most Fascinating Ancient Sites in the U.S.—According to an Archaeologist
Weitzel also noted that the Natchez Trace itself was an ancient Native American road, making the journey through these sites even more significant. A stock image of a view of the Emerald Mound ...
A Metal Detectorist Found a Bunch of Ancient Gold Coins. It Turned Out to Be ‘Devil’s Money’
A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts ...
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The Ancient Greek Sanctuaries and Temples of Olympia
The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.
11,000-year-old indigenous site — one of oldest on continent — found in Canada. See it
What are we learning about the past? Here are three of our most recent eye-catching archaeology stories.
Ruins of oldest Roman basilica ever found in London uncovered on construction site in heart of U.K. capital
Archaeologists say the remnants of an ancient Roman basilica unearthed in the heart of London are "one of the most significant discoveries" in years.