A treasure in coins associated with the notorious conman hermit Anthony Jaczewicz have been discovered in the Jeleniowskie mountain range of south-central Poland. The Świętokrzyska Exploration Group (ŚGE), a group of local metal detectorists searching by consent of the Świętokrzyskie Provincial Monument Conservator, set out seeking traces of the legendary hermit’s treasure in June 2022. […]
An excavation of Bispevika, a neighborhood in Oslo that was once part of the city’s harbour, has uncovered the remains of a rare medieval iron gauntlet. Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) found the piece of armature with a metal detector, but only a fragment of metal actually survives. Most of
London’s National Gallery recently moved a monumental altarpiece by Renaissance master Filippino Lippi. It is 6’8″ high, 6’1″ wide and weighs 526 pounds, so this was no easy feat. The team captured it on video to give people a glimpse of the complex systems and technologies requires to handle fragile works of this scale. The
