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World's oldest glacier dates to 2.9 billion years ago, research finds
Ancient glacier sediment may be 2.9 billion years old.
500-year-old gold coins discovered in a German monastery were 'hastily hidden' during a 'dangerous situation'
Four gold coins unearthed at a medieval monastery in Germany may have been hidden during a battle.
'Eye-catching' gold hair ring and Britain's oldest wooden comb found in Bronze Age burial
The 3,000-year-old objects, which were discovered in a burial pit containing cremated human remains, highlight Bronze Age people's craftsmanship and attention to appearance, experts say.
Elite Bronze Age tombs laden with gold and precious stones are 'among the richest ever found in the Mediterranean'
The obvious wealth of the tombs was based on the local production of copper, which was in great demand at the time to make bronze.
Kentucky man finds over 700 Civil War-era coins buried in his cornfield
A man unearthed a huge hoard of Civil War-era gold and silver coins on his Kentucky farm.
Mysterious 'golden' fossils from the Jurassic aren’t what they seem
Fossils found in Germany's Posidonia Shale don't get their gleam from fool's gold after all.
'Absolutely gobsmacking' gold nugget worth $160,000 unearthed by metal detectorist in Australia
An amateur gold digger in Australia has unearthed a massive gold nugget worth $160,000.
'Very, very rare' gold and silver medieval treasure unearthed in the Netherlands
Museum curators in the Netherlands think that a dazzling, 800-year-old array of gold jewelry and silver coins unearthed by a metal detectorist was buried in a medieval swamp to save it during wartime.
