Bulgarian Archaeologists Unearth 5,000 Year-old Gold Treasure
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Archaeologists in Central Bulgaria have retrieved a 5,000 year-old golden treasure consisting of more than 400 fine-crafted jewels, National Museum of History chief Bozhidar Dimitrov said Thursday.
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Bulgaria - Hundreds of tiny gold jewels crafted some 5 000 years ago have been discovered in Bulgaria, suggesting the country could have been the home of Europe&#39;s earliest civilisation, a leading Bulgarian archaeologist said on Friday.
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An ancient gold mask and a ring featuring what is believed to be an Olympic rower have been discovered by a Bulgarian archaeologist.
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Gold and other 17th century artifacts treasure salvagers say they recovered from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon off Key West were brought ashore Thursday. Some estimate the findings could be worth more than $1 million.
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Rare gold coins - the last treasures of a fabled collector known as the King of Coins - went on pre-auction display Thursday after sitting undisturbed in a Baltimore bank vault for nearly a half-century.
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An archaeological dig in downtown Berlin has uncovered evidence that the German capital is at least 45 years older than had previously been established, authorities said Wednesday.
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Paleontologists working in Ethiopia have discovered the remains of at least nine primitive human ancestors that are up to 4.5 million years old.
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Rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of   the last four miners trapped deep underground at a remote   Russian gold mine, bringing the final death toll to 25.
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Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger.
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A stone slab found bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.
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Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found ancient pyramids in the east of the country.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A scientific dig has uncovered four pomegranates believed to be 2,500 years old preserved inside a woven basket nestled in a bronze vessel, a Greek archaeologist said Friday.
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For the last five years, archaeologists have been slowly unearthing the remains of Thang Long, uncovering millions of artifacts spanning 1,300 years.
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Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold, recovered from a site next to the Sea of Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.
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Modern imaging techniques have revealed some new information about the earliest biblical passage ever found in ancient artifacts.
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The find was made in Bulgaria's "Valley of the Kings", a region in the centre of the country dotted with dozens of Thracian burial mounds.
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The move was part of a long-delayed effort to allow archaeologists to begin studying a wealth of tombs in the area.