Cotswold Archaeology’s Peter Busby said the discovery of two Roman-era swords led to a much bigger find in England. James Haris Historic England From the first coin discovered in an ancient hoard to ...

From the first coin discovered in an ancient hoard to the first stone of a medieval wall, many major archaeological discoveries stem from one initial find. In the United Kingdom, a recent catalyst of ...

What began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England. Archaeological ...

In the Judean Desert, not far from the shimmering salt flats of the Dead Sea, archaeologists made a discovery that sent ripples through the world of ancient history. The site looked unremarkable — a ...

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