Scoundrels in the Early Gold Rush | “Soap” Smith
Jefferson Randolph, who was commonly known as “Soapy Smith,” was born in November 1860 into an educated and wealthy family. He was born in Georgia […]
GOLD MINING
Treasure of the century: A man driving a bulldozer luckily discovered a giant 21-pound gold nugget as big as a child’s head. 100 years later ‘Rush’ is for sale for $1 million
“Rare Alaska Centennial Gold Bar Hits Market After 23 Years” The Alaska Centennial Gold Bar was found in 1998 by explorer Barry Clay. It weighed […]
Ancient Egyptians Embalmed Mummies Centuries Earlier Than Believed
“Revolutionizing Ancient Egyptian History: Prehistoric Mummy Reveals Early Embalming Techniques” Tests on a prehistoric mummy reveals that ancient Egyptian embalming methods were in use 1,500 […]
London’s underground treasures
A series of ancient Roman jewelry pieces have been newly unearthed beneath a department store in London, England, dating back nearly 2,000 years. A treasure […]
The thousand-year-old golden heart of the Bulgarian queen
Gold heart-shaped jewelry originating from the 10th century found in Bulgaria may have belonged to Queen Maria Lakapene, wife of Tsar Petar I. 23 carat […]
Controversial “ghost tribe”: leaving behind “treasure” but… evaporating?
Scientists are trying to solve the puzzle of 1,930 meticulously crafted pieces of limestone shaped like spear points: Are they really evidence of “ghost people” […]
Superstition Mountain: The most haunted mysterious treasure in America (Part 1)
Located just east of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, is a rugged mountainous area and a place where people sometimes come, but never return. It is a […]
Staffordshire Hoard: The most exquisite collection of Anglo-Saxon gold – Part I
Many people like to search with metal detectors in the hope of finding treasures that have some financial value or historical significance. While most people […]
Scanning the radar to dig a ditch, a series of thousand-year-old treasures appear in the photo
The process of surveying a private land plot to dig ditches revealed huge ancient houses and many ancient tombs, containing many antiques inside, considered an […]
The 350-year-old shipwreck is filled with gold
Marine archaeologists were surprised to find gold and precious stone artifacts from the wreck of a Spanish cargo ship that sank hundreds of years ago. […]