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A Rare Amethyst Jewel From The Middle Ages Was Just Found In The Moat Of A Polish Castle

A Rare Amethyst Jewel From The Middle Ages Was Just Found In The Moat Of A Polish Castle

Dating back roughly 600 years, this rare treasure was found in the sediment between timber posts that once supported a bridge.
Darth Vader’s Iconic Lightsaber Could Be Yours For $3 Million

Darth Vader’s Iconic Lightsaber Could Be Yours For $3 Million

The prop, which appeared in the final two films of the original Star Wars trilogy, is heading to auction in September.
One Of The Iconic Rosebud Sleds From ‘Citizen Kane’ Just Sold For $14.75 Million

One Of The Iconic Rosebud Sleds From ‘Citizen Kane’ Just Sold For $14.75 Million

The sled is now the second most expensive movie prop ever sold at auction, second only to Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz.
Rare Skeleton Of A 150-Million-Year-Old Ceratosaurus Dinosaur Sells For $30.5 Million At Auction

Rare Skeleton Of A 150-Million-Year-Old Ceratosaurus Dinosaur Sells For $30.5 Million At Auction

It's one of only four Ceratosaurus skeletons that have ever been discovered, and it's the only specimen of a juvenile Ceratosaurus.
Archaeologists In Wisconsin Just Stumbled Upon An Historic Shipwreck While They Were Looking For A Different One

Archaeologists In Wisconsin Just Stumbled Upon An Historic Shipwreck While They Were Looking For A Different One

Archaeologists in Oshkosh, Wisconsin were recently searching the Fox River for the remains of the Berlin City, a steamer that sank in 1870 — when they stumbled upon another historic shipwreck no one knew was there, a 90-foot wooden steamer believed to be the L.W. Crane.
Archaeologists Just Uncovered A Well-Preserved Roman Road Mere Inches Beneath The Center Of Manchester

Archaeologists Just Uncovered A Well-Preserved Roman Road Mere Inches Beneath The Center Of Manchester

While preparing for property development, archaeologists happened upon an ancient Roman road right beneath one of Manchester's busiest streets that could date as far back as the first century C.E.
The Story Of Aurelian, The Roman Emperor Known As The ‘Restorer Of The World’

The Story Of Aurelian, The Roman Emperor Known As The ‘Restorer Of The World’

Amidst the Crisis of the Third Century, Emperor Aurelian helped reunite a fractured Rome on the verge of collapse, won numerous victories on the battlefield, and built the astonishing Aurelian Walls.
A PhD Student Just Discovered A New Prehistoric Reptile Species By Reuniting Two Fossil Halves From Separate Museums

A PhD Student Just Discovered A New Prehistoric Reptile Species By Reuniting Two Fossil Halves From Separate Museums

PhD student Victor Beccari was studying reptile fossils at London's Natural History Museum when he saw something that looked oddly familiar: a specimen very similar to one he'd seen at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
Archaeologists Find A 1,000-Year-Old Carving Of A Human Face At The Bottom Of A Polish Lake

Archaeologists Find A 1,000-Year-Old Carving Of A Human Face At The Bottom Of A Polish Lake

The face was carved into a wooden beam around 967 C.E. and was likely part of a medieval fortress that once stood on an island in the middle of Poland's Lake Lednica.
A Denver Museum Known For Its Fossil Exhibits Just Accidentally Found A Dinosaur Bone Right Beneath Its Parking Lot

A Denver Museum Known For Its Fossil Exhibits Just Accidentally Found A Dinosaur Bone Right Beneath Its Parking Lot

Scientists aren't able to determine which species of dinosaur the 67-million-year-old vertebra belonged to, but it was likely a small herbivore.
Authorities In Thailand Have Rescued An Eight-Year-Old Who Could Only Communicate By Barking

Authorities In Thailand Have Rescued An Eight-Year-Old Who Could Only Communicate By Barking

His mother and adult brother, both struggling with drug addiction, kept him out of school and away from other children. The boy was largely left to bond only with the dogs and communicated by barking.