Police hunt thieves who stole three bronze statues

Police hunt thieves who stole three bronze statues of dancing women in rabbit masks weighing 300kilos and worth more than £140,000 Three statues of women wearing rabbit masks stolen from home in Tenderden  Sculptures worth £144,000 were on display in driveway and two later found One is still missing and a vehicle and front gate were … Read more

1,400-year-old bronze knight from seventh-century chess set sells for £120,650 at auction

Game of Anglo Saxon Kings: 1,400-year-old bronze knight from seventh-century chess set that was unearthed in Norfolk field sells for £120,650 at auction Bronze item was found by anonymous metal detectorist near Great Yarmouth 1.75in-tall figure dates back to the 7th Century but remains in fantastic condition Experts believe it is a gaming piece similar … Read more

Mushroom hunter discovers intricately patterned bronze sword dating back 3,300 YEARS

A man hunting for mushrooms found came away with more than just a bunch of fungus – he discovered two rare Bronze Age weapons. Roman Novák was foraging for fungi after a rainstorm in Jesenick, a small town about 150 miles from Prague, when he noticed a piece of metal jutting out of the ground. … Read more

Battle of Tollense Valley 4,250 years ago was a massacre of 1,400 Bronze Age merchants 

Fresh analysis of Europe’s earliest known battle has thrown up the possibility the 1,400 people who died at the site, in Germany‘s Tollense Valley, were not warriors engaged in a brutal melee, but ambushed merchants who were ruthlessly slain.  Human remains at the site in North East Germany, near today’s border with Poland and 80 … Read more

Spanish triathlete shows incredible sportsmanship as he lets his rival take bronze medal

Heartwarming moment Spanish triathlete shows incredible sportsmanship by stopping on finishing line to let rival take bronze medal after he took a wrong turn on the course Video shows Diego Méntrida stopping at the finish line to let British athlete pass James Teagle was on track to place third but ran off course metres from … Read more

Bronze statue of Melania Trump is unveiled in her hometown in Slovenia

Bronze statue of Melania Trump is unveiled in her hometown in Slovenia to replace the wooden version that was set on fire New bronze sculpture representing the first lady was unveiled on Tuesday near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia  It’s a replica of wooden sculpture that was torched by arsonists on July 4 Rough figure … Read more

Rookie treasure hunter finds London’s largest haul of Bronze Age goods on his first ever dig 

The first object discovered in London‘s largest ever Bronze Age hoard was spotted by a newly qualified archaeologist on his first job out of university. The Havering Hoard is a treasure trove of 453 artefacts dating back nearly 3,000 years including axe heads, spearheads, daggers, knives and copper ingots.  Harry Platts was 21 when he started … Read more

Smuggler gangs are offering migrants ‘bronze, silver and gold package deals’ to cross the Channel

Smuggler gangs are offering migrants ‘gold, silver and bronze’ package deals to cross the Channel – with the cheapest costing less than £1000.  Traffickers take advantage of vulnerable asylum seekers desperately fleeing their homelands by offering the paid-for arrangement at a camp in Calais. The most expensive package, gold, costs £10,000 and means you get … Read more

Boy, 10, finds Bronze Age gold treasure with metal detector

A 10-year-old boy who discovered a rare Bronze Age gold treasure with his metal detector almost threw it away because he thought it was a bit of foil. Patrick Hooper struck gold during a dig on land near Andover, Hampshire, but didn’t bother to mention it to his father Andrew, who was also metal detecting, … Read more