(FOX NEWS) – A pair of pedestrians recently stumbled across an
ancient deadly weapon in a peaceful and most unlikely location:
a beach in Poland.
The artifact, a 2,500-year-old dagger, was found on March 30.
Poland’s Museum of the History of the Kamieńska Land
announced the discovery in a Facebook post later that day.
Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Herdzik discovered the
ancient dagger last month while taking a walk on the
beach.
(AP) – Archaeologists recently made a colossal discovery: They
found an ancient Roman mass grave, dating back to the first-
century A.D., underneath a soccer field in Vienna.
The necropolis was found by construction crews working in the
Vienna neighborhood of Simmering last October. The discovery
was unknown to the world until the Vienna Museum announced
it on Apr. 2.
The 129 bodies, which were likely a mix of Roman soldiers and
Germanic tribesmen, were found in total. Dislocated bones were
also found at the site, meaning that as many as 150 victims’
remains were found.
Artifacts, including an armored shield, were discovered
among the bodies.
(FOX NEWS) – The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on
Monday that 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan came across a 3,800-year-old Canaanite amulet back in March.
The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and
were descended from Noah’s grandson Canaan, according to
the Old Testament.
Omer Nitzan, Ziv’s sister, said her family was walking along
Tel Azeka, a hill in the Judaean Foothills, when the 3-year-old
spotted the artifact.
The area is the location of the ancient town of Azekah, which
is referenced in 1 Samuel 17:1 during a biblical battle between
David and Goliath.
Ziv Nitzan (center) was given a certificate of appreciation for
the discovery.
(FOX NEWS) – A massive dinosaur footprint of the Iguanodon
species, which dates back over 100 million years, has been
found on a beach in England.
Paleontologist Joe Thompson (above) a fossil guide with Wight
Coast Fossils who unearthed the print, told Fox News Digital
that he made the discovery on the Isle of Wight as he set out
for the beach with the intention of finding some fossils.
Thompson said "This footprint was absolutely massive — just
under roughly 3 feet long. So a pretty huge Iguanodon, a lot
bigger than almost every other Iguanodon footprint found on
that section of the coast."
An Iguanodon skeleton is displayed at the Natural History Museum in London. The footprint that Thompson found
came from this species.
On January 26, 1905, during a routine inspection of the
Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a superintendent
made a glittering discovery: a 3,106-carat diamond.
Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,”
it was the largest diamond ever found.
Superintendent Frederick Wells was 18 feet below the
earth’s surface when he spotted a flash of starlight
embedded in the wall just above him. His discovery
was presented that same afternoon to Sir Thomas
Cullinan, who owned the mine.
Cullinan then sold the diamond to the Transvaal
provincial government, which presented the stone
to Britain’s King Edward VII as a birthday gift.
The rough Cullinan Diamond held
by the mine superintendent,
Frederick Wells.
A close view of the rough Diamond.
Sir Thomas Cullinan
(1862 – 1936)
