Posts Tagged ‘bronze’

Ornate Prehistoric Bronze Sword Excavated In Denmark

A bronze sword has been extracted from the ground in Denmark. Archaeologists are amazed at the excellent condition in which it has been found, including its wood and horn hilt which have survived for around 3000 years. A ‘Unique’ 3,000-year-old Find Chief Inspector Jesper Hansen of Odense City Museums has been ‘delighted’ by the find, […]

Women may have ruled in bronze-age Spain, burial site suggests

An “exceptionally rich” burial site in southeastern Spain has raised questions about whether women may have ruled a class-based society located on the Iberian peninsula until 1550 BC. Archaeologists have been studying the early bronze age El Argar site, at La Almoloya in the Spanish region of Murcia, since 2013. The site contains some “extraordinary” […]

Female Ruler Sporting Rare Diadem Unearthed at Bronze Age Palace

Archaeologists from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have discovered Western Europe’s first Bronze Age palace in Murcia, Spain. The site also holds a unique burial including a probable female ruler who sported her rare silver crown-like object, a diadem, all the way to her grave. The Bronze Age site was uncovered at La Almoloya in […]

Customized Bronze Corinthian Helmet Found In Israeli Waters

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA)  recently announced  they were in possession of  an ancient Corinthian helmet  that had been worn by a Greek warrior in either the sixth or fifth century BC. Miraculously, the well-preserved helmet was scooped up intact off the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea by a Dutch dredging vessel working in the […]

Rare Bronze Age Spearhead has Remained Intact for Thousands of Years!

A metal detectorist has made a great discovery on the island of Jersey – a rare and complete metal spearhead that is thousands of years old. Researchers have called the Bronze Age spearhead “unique to the Channel Islands and a rare find in Great Britain.” The metal detectorist who made the discovery, Jay Cornick, followed […]

Scotland’s St. Kilda Inhabited in the Bronze Age, New Discovery Reveals

New evidence has emerged which shows that the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda was inhabited, or at least visited, around 2,000 years ago.  During World War I the British Royal Navy took over Village Bay on Hirta, on the Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda, and they established a signal station that later became a rocket detection […]

Bronze Age Graves Uncovered At Stonehenge During Tunnel Excavations

Archaeologists digging at England’s controversial Stonehenge A303 tunnel site have unearthed Neolithic pottery, Bronze Age burials and a mysterious C-shaped enclosure. The area has been suffering from increasingly heavy traffic causing serious congestion on the 8 mile (13 kilometer) long A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down that runs past the 4,500-year-old Stonehenge UNESCO World Heritage […]

Bronze Age Money: Early Metal Artifacts May Be Europe’s First Currency

Did the occupants of Central Europe in 2,000 BC have a functioning monetary economy? Said another way: did these people have Bronze Age money? Yes they did, say a pair of archaeologists from the Netherlands. They drew this conclusion after studying hoards of standardized bronze objects recovered from approximately 100 Early Bronze Age excavations, throughout […]

The Bronze Age – A Spark That Changed the World

The development of civilization was a long and complex process, and it always rested on industry and technology. As our ancestors stepped from one millennium to another, and the Stone Age evolved further and further, new things began appearing – a new vision and new skills. This gave rise to the Bronze Age. As the […]

Israeli Judoka Peter Paltchik Wins Bronze in Qatar Tournament, Was Motivated by Antisemitism He Faced

Peter Paltchik holding up the bronze medal he won at the Masters Tournament in Qatar on Jan. 13, 2021. Photo: Provided. Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik won bronze at the International Judo Federation’s (IJF) 2021 World Judo Masters in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday. Paltchik, 29, took home the medal in the under-100 kg division on the […]

Judoka Sagi Muki, back from injury, captures bronze in Doha

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Rare Quran manuscripts, column capitals, bronze coffin, and clay seal made national heritage 

TEHRAN- A total of eight moveable properties, which are being kept in private or state-owned museums across Iran’s Kermanshah province, have recently been inscribed on the national cultural heritage list.  The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Tuesday in a letter to the governor-general of the province, CHTN reported. Two […]

In Beirut, a bronze bust of slain Iranian general sparks controversy

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Israeli gymnast wins both gold and bronze at European Championship

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Czech Mushroom Hunter Finds 3,300-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword

A mushroom hunter in the Czech Republic has made the chance discovery of a rare, 3,300-year-old Bronze Age sword. Dedicated metal detectorists in the land must be feeling mixed emotions today as news of the mushroom picker’s historical treasure spreads across the internet. That’s just the way it is when an outsider comes into a […]

Breakthrough Discovery of Earliest Cancer Case from Bronze Age China

An examination of the skeletal remains of a man from Bronze Age China has produced some astonishing results. Work conducted by the international research team resulted in experts finding one of the earliest examples of cancer in East Asia. Such discoveries are very rare. Potentially this could help specialists to better understand the disease, which […]

Bronze Age Burial Urn Harvested From Irish Vegetable Patch

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare Bronze Age burial urn in Ireland. The urn dates back 4000 years and was found in a community garden allotment used by locals. This find is latest discovery at what appears to be an important ancient burial site. The Bronze Age burial urn was found during an investigation before the planned […]

Bronze Age Death Rituals Included Curating Remains Of Predecessors

No two people deal with death in exactly the same way. Both on the individual and societal level we have to face the inevitable. These days many people turn to their religious, scientific, or spiritual beliefs to cope and make sense of the end of someone’s life. But what happened in the past? Researchers have […]

World’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture grabs New Yorkers’ attention

To raise awareness and funds for the critically endangered gorilla species, public artists Gillie and Marc Schattner have created a massive sculpture of the animal. Titled King Nyani, the Swahili word for “gorilla”, it’s the world’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture and can fit two to three humans just in its hands. Gillie and Marc have […]

World’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture grabs New Yorkers’ attention

To raise awareness and funds for the critically endangered gorilla species, public artists Gillie and Marc Schattner have created a massive sculpture of the animal. Titled King Nyani, the Swahili word for “gorilla”, it’s the world’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture and can fit two to three humans just in its hands. Gillie and Marc have […]

World’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture grabs New Yorkers’ attention

To raise awareness and funds for the critically endangered gorilla species, public artists Gillie and Marc Schattner have created a massive sculpture of the animal. Titled King Nyani, the Swahili word for “gorilla”, it’s the world’s largest bronze gorilla sculpture and can fit two to three humans just in its hands. Gillie and Marc have […]

The Thunder Stone and Bronze Horseman: The Monolithic Savior of St Petersburg?

The Bronze Horseman is a monument located in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. The pedestal of this equestrian statue is known as the Thunder Stone, a monolith claimed to be the largest block of stone to have ever been moved by human beings. Today, the Bronze Horseman is one of the most recognizable symbols […]

Detectorist Finds Bronze Age Treasure Cache With Sword In Scotland

In fiction, treasure hunters cut through dense jungles, dive down to dangerous shipwrecks, and search the Holy Land looking for buried artifacts with high market value in an industry fueled by rare antiquities. But in the real world, on June 21, 2020, an amateur metal detectorist uncovered an exceptionally rare Bronze Age treasure hoard in […]

Iran begins power talks with 2 European giants

Hamid Chitchian made the remarks during a meeting with UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd saying “talks with the two British and German firms mainly pertain to construction and operation of small-scale power houses as well as distributed distribution of electricity in Iran.” Noting that the country’s electricity production capacity has reached more […]

England Bans its Own Flag to Avoid Offending Muslims

From: infowars.com St. George’s Cross “racist” towards immigrants Government officials said their city was too multicultural to celebrate St Georges Day, Englands version of the 4th of July. The council said that displaying the English flag may have been seen as racist towards immigrants. Source Article from http://redicecreations.com/article.php?id=35679

‘A Letter for Second Thought’ unveiled

The book is a collection of nine articles addressing various aspects of Iranian Leader’s letter to the Western youth, first published in 2015 and celebrating its first anniversary on Jan. 21. The unveiling ceremony was attended by Mehr News President Ali Asgari, compiler of the book Rouh Al-Amin Saeedi, President of the Institute for Cultural […]

Loud mysterious boom rumbles across Tracy, California

     A loud boom heard across Tracy rattled windows and nerves Wednesday evening. Social media reports began appearing shortly after 8 p.m., describing a muffled boom that reportedly shook local homes. Residents from Linne to Grant Line roads, as well as in Mountain House and Lathrop, reported the sound. Tracy Police Department dispatch records include […]

China’s Financial Crisis Erupts Again–What’s Next?

The primary indicator of excess liquidity and financial asset investment and speculation is debt. Debt—i.e. credit extended by lenders—is the mediating element between liquidity and financial asset investing. Excess liquidity is necessary for the availability of excess credit to be loaned out as debt. Debt and its leveraging is the stuff of financial asset over-investment […]

Netanyahu: ‘Palestinians killed the dinosaurs’

     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed today that Palestinians were responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper this morning, the hardline conservative leader was asked to defend his recent comments, in which he claimed Palestinians were responsible for the Holocaust. “Well it wouldn’t be the first time […]

Vietnam Vet Regains Long-lost Bronze Star

Army 1st Lt. Robert C. Berkshire takes a break during his deployment to Vietnam in 1970. Berkshire recently received a new Bronze Star Medal — the original had been stolen along with his duffle bag at the end of his Vietnam tour of duty — to replace the one he’d earned more than 40 years […]

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