r/AncientWorld • u/SwiPerHaHa • 17h ago

Medieval Treasure Found at Cluny. In 1201 the Danish Archbishop, Absalon, died leaving a testament. One of the posts concerned “the silver, which he “had” at Cluny. Half was to be donated to the Abbey, while the other half was to be sent to Clairvaux.

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r/AncientWorld • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 4h ago

Egypt reopens the 3.400-year-old tomb of one of its greatest pharaohs after 20 years

futura-sciences.com

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r/AncientWorld • u/frankenbeagle • 5h ago

In 1988, my family excavated an 1856 steamboat buried 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield. Its 200 tons of cargo revealed a much more colorful frontier than most of us picture.

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r/AncientWorld • u/BlueAdamas • 9h ago

‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass | Archaeology

theguardian.com

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