It is the weapon of a Roman legionnaire who fought the Germanic tribes on the imperial limes, at the border of the empire, 2000 years ago. It was found in an exceptional state of preservation. Restored, this dagger was unveiled for the first time to the public. 2000 years old, the Roman dagger fr
Archaeologists from the Stockholm University Archaeological Research Laboratory have located a unique shipyard from the Viking Age at the Birka site on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery calls into question previous theories about how maritime activities were organized in the Viking
In 1867 a boy playing in a field on the small Danish island of Fænø found a stone whose shape seemed interesting and curious. The property manager, who was nearby, bought the piece from the boy for a silver thaler and gave it to the owner of the estate. It turned out to be an exceptional prehistoric
Near the Czech town of Dolní Věstonice in Moravia is the archaeological site of the same name. A place that, since before systematic excavations began in 1924, had already provided researchers with abundant prehistoric materials from the Gravettian period (which took place between 27,000 and 20,000