Read more about the article Starving Badger Finds Exceptional Treasure Trove Of Over 200 Roman Coins While Foraging For Food
Badger found 209 Roman coins from the third century, in a Spanish cave. (CONSEJERIA DE CULTURA DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS/CEN)
Animals

Starving Badger Finds Exceptional Treasure Trove Of Over 200 Roman Coins While Foraging For Food

Experts believe that a starving badger foraging for food unearthed this "exceptional" treasure trove of over 200 Roman coins, the largest such find ever unearthed in northern Spain. The remarkable discovery took place inside the cave of La Cuesta, in the parish of Bercio, in the municipality of Grado, in…

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January 14, 2022
Read more about the article Indiana Jones Treasure Hunters Strike Axe In Ground And Flee As Blood Gushes From Growing Crack
Blood gushes from the ground while a treasure hunter digs the ground in Turkey. (Lumeria/CEN)
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Indiana Jones Treasure Hunters Strike Axe In Ground And Flee As Blood Gushes From Growing Crack

This is the ‘Indiana Jones’ moment Turkish treasure hunters plunge an axe into the ground in a forest and what appears to be blood gushes from the growing crack – allegedly belonging to an evil spirit guarding the loot. The group, names not reported, had been searching the area for…

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November 25, 2021
Read more about the article Hotelier Spends GBP 300K On Paintings From Long-Lost Treasure Of King Ludwig III
Doctor and hotelier Andreas Greither, 73, who comes from the Bavarian town of Tegernsee standing in front of the portraits, accompanied by the journalist and historian Sonja Still, who wrote a biography about the painter Joseph Stieler. (Newsflash)
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Hotelier Spends GBP 300K On Paintings From Long-Lost Treasure Of King Ludwig III

A German hotelier has spent GBP 300,000 on four paintings from the long-lost treasure of the ‘Last Bavarian King’ Ludwig III during an auction in Munich. Ludwig III was the last king of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918 and leading Bavaria into World War I, after which he lost…

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April 1, 2021
Read more about the article OAP Who Found Treasure In Garden Forced To Move Over Safety Fears
The coins from 1819 found in Brazil. (@prefeituracolares/Newsflash)
General News

OAP Who Found Treasure In Garden Forced To Move Over Safety Fears

An OAP who discovered a treasure trove of 200-year-old coins in her back garden has had to move out of town over safety fears. Hundreds of gold and bronze coins dating from Brazil's colonial and imperial periods over 200 years ago were found in the back garden of an unnamed…

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February 19, 2021
Read more about the article Treasure Hunters Damage 1,800 Year Old Hercules Rock Temple In Turkey
1,800-year-old Hercules rock relief from the Roman period was attacked by treasure hunters in the Iznik district of Bursa. (Newsflash)
History

Treasure Hunters Damage 1,800 Year Old Hercules Rock Temple In Turkey

These images show the damages to this 1,800-year-old rock relief of Hercules damaged by treasure hunters who took pieces of the face in Turkey. The rock relief is located in the Turkish district of Iznik in the province of Bursa. The relief is a carving of the divine hero Hercules…

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February 2, 2021