During annual excavations at Vindolanda Roman Fort, near Hadrians Wall in Northumberland, a beautifully carved sandstone relief has been discovered depicting a nude male figure holding a spear in front of a horse/donkey. The entire stone, measuring 16 by 31.5 centimeters, would have originally bee
Unique example, made of bark, a Celtic shield of the IVth century BC was unearthed in England. Remains of the Celtic shield of Leicester, dated to 255-395 BCE. It is an amazing Celtic shield, fashioned from tree bark and 2300 years old, that British archaeologists have discovered. A first in Euro
A Sicilian lawyer named Ferdinand Guidano bought in 1859 a black basalt slab that had a series of Egyptian hieroglyphs engraved on it. He probably acquired it in some antique market in Cairo, but the truth is that its origin is not known. In 1877, perhaps after Guidanos death, his family donated the
8500 years old, the Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg is one of the most exceptional Mesolithic burials encountered in Europe. Discovered in Germany at the beginning of the 20e century, new studies carried out on his burial place have just revealed the ultimate secret... Artistic rendition of the Shaman o