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‘Priceless’ Haul of Over 27,000 Artifacts Seized in France

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, France, history, treasure

French authorities have seized a “priceless” haul of over 27,000 archaeological artifacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to Roman coins that had been secretly amassed by a single person in the east of the country, customs said Wednesday.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Rebuilt Prussian Palace, Scarred by History, Opens in Berlin

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, Germany, history, museums, treasure

A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.

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Entertainment International Science 

Israeli Dig Unearths Large Trove of Early Islamic Gold Coins

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, Gold, history, Israel, treasure

Israeli archaeologists announced Monday the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins found during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavne.

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Entertainment International 

Treasure-Hunter Finds 3,000-Year-Old Hoard in Scotland

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
artifacts, history, jewelry, Scotland, treasure

An amateur treasure-hunter has uncovered one of the most significant Bronze Age hoards ever found in Scotland, including jewelry and a 3,000-year-old sword, authorities said Monday.

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Arts Criminal International 

Looters Target Myanmar Temple Treasures in Tourist Slump

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, jewelry, Myanmar, tourism, treasure

A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar’s sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Looted 18th Century Crown Returned to Ethiopia After Decades

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, treasure

A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it was discovered in the Netherlands two decades ago.

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Criminal Entertainment International 

UK Treasure Hunters Jailed for Stealing Viking-Era Hoard

November 22, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
jewelry, sentencing, theft, treasure, United Kingdom

Two amateur British treasure-hunters were sentenced Friday to long prison terms for stealing a hoard of 1,100-year-old Anglo-Saxon coins and jewelry valued at millions of dollars.

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Business Entertainment 

Shipwreck

November 20, 2019November 21, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief5, history, New York, shipwreck, treasure

A federal court in New York ruled that a shipwreck salvage company should be awarded silk cloth recovered from a British ship that was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat during World War I, but the company is not awarded 526 silver bars that were also part of the ship’s cargo.

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Criminal Entertainment International Religion 

Robbers Ram-Raid Car Into French Cathedral, Steal Treasures

November 4, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
artifacts, churches, France, theft, treasure

Robbers rammed a car into a medieval cathedral in southwest France early Monday, breaking windows and sawing through metal bars to grab silver chalices and other irreplaceable church treasures, local authorities said.

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Courts Regional 

San Diego Court Finds Treasure in Decades-Old Time Capsule

May 18, 2018May 22, 2018 BIANCA BRUNO
history, San Diego County, treasure

San Diego Superior Court broke open a time capsule from 1961 on Friday containing court documents, newspapers announcing John Glenn’s trip to the moon and letters of congratulations on the new courthouse from past presidents.

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Entertainment International 

Ancient Coins, Bracelets Looted From Romania Return Home

April 19, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
jewelry, Romania, treasure

Coins and bracelets from the 1st century that were looted from western Romania years ago and smuggled out of the country were put on display Thursday after a joint investigation with Austria brought them back home.

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Entertainment International 

Archaeologists Find Silver Treasure on German Baltic Island

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
currency, Germany, history, treasure

Hundreds of 1,000-year-old silver coins, rings, pearls and bracelets linked to the era of Danish King Harald Gormsson have been found on the eastern German island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea.

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Uncategorized 

Buried Medieval Treasure Found in French Abbey

November 15, 2017November 15, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
churches, currency, France, Gold, treasure

French archaeologists have discovered a medieval treasure on the site of a famous abbey in central France that had remained buried for over eight centuries.

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National 

Contractor Allowed to Intervene in Sunken-Treasure Case

July 7, 2017July 10, 2017 EVA FEDDERLY
artifacts, Florida, Gold, treasure

A company that provided its proprietary maps and software to a hunt for sunken treasure off the Florida coast was wrongly denied its right to intervene in a case involving 400 pieces of gold and other artifacts retrieved from the wreck, the 11th Circuit has ruled.

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Entertainment Technology 

Explorers Claim Sunken Ship Valued at $18 Million

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD
artifacts, discovery, NYC, shipwreck, silver, treasure, United Kingdom

Almost exactly a century after the sinking of the S.S. Mantola, a World War I-era steamship believed to be carrying $18 million in silver treasure, explorers have brought a federal action laying claim to the vessel.

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Criminal 

Ex-Treasure Hunter Given Ultimatum for Gold Coins

April 25, 2017 KYLE ANNE UNISS
contempt, Gold, Ohio, treasure, trusts

A federal judge in Ohio ordered a former treasure hunter to divulge the whereabouts of 500 missing gold coins or face another contempt-of-court charge.

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International 

Who Stashed Gold Inside a British Piano? It’s a Mystery

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gold, Great Britain, treasure

British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful heirs to a trove of gold coins found stashed inside a piano and worth a “life-changing” amount of money.

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