Artifacts & Treasures
Medieval Health Tips Coming Back Today—Old Remedies to Social Media
Imagine yourself flipping through a worn and wrinkly 1,000-year-old book, before spotting a scribbled note in the margin about curing a headache with crushed herbs. That’s not the “Dark Ages” of superstition…
Glossopetrae: From Tongue Stones to Shark Teeth
Imagine yourself stumbling upon a jagged triangular stone glinting in the Mediterranean sun, with its sharp edges hinting at a mysterious past. What you’ve just stumbled upon was once known as glossopetrae…
Ancient Roman Victory Relief Found at Vindolanda Fort
On the windswept hills close to Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, at the Vindolanda fort, archaeologists have found a stone relief of Victoria, the goddess of victory. This sarcophagus, completed around AD…
Dacian Treasure Horde found in Romania May Hint at Lost Enclave
Two amateur metal detectorists have found something unexpected in the commune of Breaza in Mureș County, in the heart of Romania. A Dacian treasure trove of silver artifacts has been found, dating…
“I’ll Drink to That!” Everyone Loved Wine in Bronze Age Troy, New Study Finds
Homer’s Iliad is a problematic text. On the one hand, it tells us of a time before the Bronze Age Collapse in the twelfth century BC, a lost era before the Greek…
Curiouser and Curiouser: Iron Age Hoard found in Britain was Deliberately Burned
The island of Great Britain has a strange and unusual history, and part of the challenge is connecting the history we know with the landscape we see today. As more and more…