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While excavating a vast cemetery in Russia, archaeologists unearthed two medieval human skeletons buried with battle axes and equestrian equipment...
The cemetery has been a hotbed for archaeological discoveries, including "prestigious jewelry, coins and weapons."
However, one burial, known as grave No. 59, has captured archaeologists' attention because it contains the skeletal remains of a 35-to-40-year-old man who was buried with several artifacts, including a bronze belt buckle shaped like a lyre (a stringed musical instrument), a knife, a broken ceramic vessel and a metal battle ax...
This type of ax, which features a "small hammer" on one end and a semicircular notch at its base, was popular during the 11th and 12th centuries, and similar types have been found in Volga Bulgaria, a former state that's now part of Russia.
Here is the link for more about that.
Notice how different the ax looks from the two different perspectives. That illustrates how important it is to provide various views of items to be identified.
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A man allegedly tried to illegally sell three rare Roman-era silver ingots that his great-grandmother reportedly found in her garden years ago.
Three "truly sensational" Roman-era silver ingots depicting Constantine the Great were nearly sold illegally on the internet, a new investigation finds.
An unnamed man alleged that his great-grandmother found the rare artifacts buried in the family's backyard in Transcarpathia (also known as Zakarpattia), a region in western Ukraine. Later, the man reportedly tried to sell one of the silver bars online, according to Public Uzhgorod, Ukraine's public broadcast station...
Each of the metal blocks, which are almost entirely pure silver, weighs more than 12 ounces (342 grams) and contains a coin-shaped impression of Emperor Constantine the Great on each side, according to the statement. Constantine, who ruled from A.D. 306 to 337, is known for ushering Christianity into the Roman Empire and moving his capital to "New Rome," which later became Constantinople.
Here is the link for more about that.
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Ernesto is going to stay out there.
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| Source: surfguru.com. |
Friday the surf is supposed to be 3 - 5 feet.