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Scythian on horseback: A 2,400-year-old gold sculpture of a warrior heading into battleThe Scythians were a nomadic group known for creating elaborate gilded artworks.
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Jade burial suit: 2,000-year-old 'immortality' armor worn by Chinese royaltyThe jade burial suit was made using thousands of pieces of jade held together with gold thread.
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Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study findsGeologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.
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Boy finds Roman-era gold military bracelet while walking dog in UKThe newfound bracelet was likely awarded for a feat of valor carried out during Rome's conquest of Britain.
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Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 times faster than in semiconductorsScientists observed record-breaking electron mobility — seven times higher than in conventional semiconductors — with a material made from the same elements as quartz and gold.
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2,000-year-old gold jewelry from mysterious culture discovered in KazakhstanResearchers think the artifacts were made during the little-known Kangju state.
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32 stunning centuries-old hoards unearthed by metal detectoristsArchaeologists and amateurs armed with metal detectors have discovered previous hoards from centuries past.
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Hoard of 17th-century coins hidden during English Civil War unearthed during kitchen renovationDuring a kitchen renovation, a family in England unexpectedly discovered a hoard of coins that was likely buried for safekeeping during the first English Civil War.
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World's thinnest gold leaf, dubbed 'goldene,' is just 1 atom thickGoldene is the latest 2D material to be made since graphene was first created in 2004.
