Posts Tagged ‘artifact’

Mysterious Artifact Found in Belgium is Baffling Roman Dodecahedron Fragment

An amateur Belgian archaeologist was metal detecting in the Kortessem region when he unearthed a rare piece of a mysterious Roman geometric device known as a dodecahedron. What is a Roman Dodecahedron? What was it Used for? Dodecahedra are geometric bronze figures that were crafted during the Roman period using the lost-wax technique. Consisting of […]

St. Patrick’s Bell: The Story of an Iconic Irish Artifact

Ireland is home to many iconic historical artifacts and objects, from the Book of Kells to the Tara Brooch. Many of these items are beautifully designed but shrouded in mystery. Others have a long and rich story behind them. There are few better examples of such an artifact than St. Patrick’s Bell and Shrine. Said […]

Food as a Cultural Artifact vs. Political Weapon

Eating food is not just a mechanical activity to fill our stomach. It has emotions, values, and beliefs shaped by our tradition, religion, and family associated with it. While we travel, we are often tempted by restaurants that claim to be serving ‘homely’ food. In Delhi, there is a restaurant named ‘Mother’s Kitchen’ which attracts […]

King Tut’s Tomb Was “Raided” By Artifact Thief Howard Carter

New evidence suggests Howard Carter, the until now respected English archaeologist who excavated Tutankhamun’s (King Tut’s) tomb in Egypt in 1922, was a tomb-raiding “artifact thief.” Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

China’s Ancient Flying Horse of Gansu Artifact Becomes Cringeworthy Fad

China loses it on a new national fad. Chinese museum authorities have turned its most recognized cultural artifact into an “ugly” flying horse toy. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Huge, Artifact-rich Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Found on England’s HS2 Line!

Archaeologists who’ve launched exploratory digs along the path of the HS2 high-speed rail project in England have made some fascinating and amazing discoveries. Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later 

The 10 Most Exciting and Extraordinary Artifact Finds Of 2021

2021 was a bumper year for the discovery of obscure, odd and unexpected artifacts all around the world – and even beyond! From the golden tongued mummies of Egypt, a bullet-shaped metal anomaly in a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite, a Fenris runestone, Roman battering rams dragged from the Med, intact 2,400-year-old fruit baskets and more… Here is […]

Artifact Reveals People Were Fed To Lions In Roman Britain

Archaeologists have presented gory visual evidence that problematic people were fed to lions in Roman Britain. Excavations at a Roman house in Leicester, England in 2017 unearthed a dirt-caked bronze artifact that turned out to be a Roman bronze key handle. It’s the only one that’s ever been found in all of the former territories […]

Interpol creates new app to combat art, artifact theft

Interpol launched a new app that uses cutting-edge image-recognition software to help identify stolen cultural property, reduce trafficking and increase the chances of recovering stolen artifacts.The app, called ID-Art is free to download and available in the Apple app store as well as the Google or Android play stores.The app grants law enforcement officials and the […]

US yard sale find turns out to be 15th century Chinese artifact worth over €400,000

Talk about your yard sale finds. A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 (€29) at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th-century Chinese artifact worth between $300,000 and $500,000 (€248,000 and €414,000) that is about to go up for auction at Sotheby’s. The white bowl adorned with cobalt blue paintings of […]

The Vinland Map: A Most Non-European Artifact

The Vinland Map carries with it the air of mystery and, some would say, the stench of deception. In the vaults of Yale University, and insured for $25 Million, it is either a colossal fraud or an artifact of unparalleled value. The map appeared on the scene in 1957 when a couple of shady characters […]

Serbian Roman Artifact Vanishes 24 Hours After Discovery

A recently excavated ancient Serbian Roman artifact, a stone slab covered with engraved Latin text, has been stolen only 24 hours after it was discovered. The rare Roman artifact was discovered on Friday, July 10, 2020, during road construction works leading to the Vinča landfill site. According to a report on Archaeology News Network one […]

True Purpose of Ancient Mammoth Bone Artifact Finally Revealed

A team of scientists have identified a Stone-Age cordage tool used to manufacture rope. And the use of this tool completely changed human life and productivity in prehistoric times. A series of slow advancements in cordage production technology allowed humans to progress from the primitive lashing and binding of tree vines and roots required to […]

The Crocodile Stone: Is This a Grisly Artifact of Human Sacrifice?

The Crocodile Stone is a peculiar rock located in the Vat Phou (also spelled as Wat Phu) Temple complex, in Laos. As its name suggests, the rock contains the carving of a crocodile. More precisely, the shape of a crocodile is impressed into the rock. It has been speculated that in ancient times, the Crocodile […]

Israeli Archaeologists Find Ancient Artifact That Verifies Highly Contested Biblical Passage

Some people try to disprove things in the Bible. They claim that the stories in the Bible cannot be true because they are so old and steeped in mysticism. As archaeologists continue to put the latest technology to use to search the earth for truths of humanity’s past, one thing happens again and again. These […]

Odd and Mysterious Historical Finds of 2015

Historians and archaeologists alike are not always faced with the ordinary. While much of their time is spent scanning through historic texts or unearthing ancient ruins and human remains, occasionally they stumble across things that are more perplexing. This year has been no exception – from a mummified ‘hand of glory’ to a sword with […]

The “Gravely Underreported” 2015 Canadian Federal Election

Source Article from http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-gravely-underreported-2015-canadian-federal-election/5481291

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