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Rare Roman ring with mysterious engraving discovered by 13-year-old on hike
A strange artefact unearthed by a thirteen-year-old while on a trek in Haifa, north of Israel, has turned out to be a rare ...
A Teenager Discovered a Ring on a Hike—Turns Out, It’s 1,800 Years Old
Many of the greatest wonders of times past were discovered by accident. French soldiers stumbled across the Rosetta Stone in ...
An Archaeologist Was Digging Through a Drainage Ditch—and Found a 1,600-Year-Old Roman Ring
The team dates the ring to between 200 and 410 A.D., a time when the Romans were well established in Britain. Described as ...
Bronze Lion-Head Coffin Handles with Rings Mounted Above the Mane Found near Ibreika
First-known example of overhead ring placement suggests handles were designed as lifting grips for Roman-period wooden ...
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Enigmatic Bronze Discs with Lion Heads Found in a Roman Tomb Baffle Archaeologists
Peretz A team of archaeologists made a singular discovery at the ancient site of Khirbat Ibreika, in southern Israel: four bronze discs with lion heads in relief, accompanied by rings that served as ...
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2,000-year-old Roman ring, dagger found buried under ruins in Germany. See them
Archaeologists found a gemstone engraved with the image of the Roman god Mercury, which they believe was part of a 2,000-year-old ring. As the god of trade and transport, Mercury is depicted ...
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Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find
Two ancient Roman bronze dodecahedrons and an icosahedron (3rd c. AD) in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany. (Credit: Kleon3, Wikimedia) As the Norton Disney History and Archaeology ...