Amidst a trove of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects, made with what researchers believe is metal from some far-flung place, may be the most precious of all.
The tomb appears to have belonged to a high-status adult male – a great lord – who was buried on top of a woman.
A Danish girl found more than just beercans and bottlecaps when she ventured into a local cornfield.
As the Colombian navy was monitoring the secret site recently, they chanced upon two new historical shipwrecks in the area with tons of treasures to be found.
Today’s the day to put your treasure-hunting skills to the test, and if you can piece together all of the clues, the prize will be yours.
Dennis and Kem Parada own a treasure-hunting company called Finders Keepers, and they’re adamant the FBI is screwing them over.
The SS Central America, a steamship carrying a huge amount of gold, sunk off the coast of South Carolina in 1857. More than 160 years later, it’s still causing heartbreak.
The search for Forrest Fenn’s bounty is probably the most famous treasure hunt of the past decade. Now we know who found the loot.
During the US Prohibition years, gangster Dutch Schultz grew in both wealth and power, but he wasn’t a big believer in keeping his fortune in a bank.
Gold prospectors in Australia did a bit of digging on ‘virgin ground’, got lucky, and cashed in big time.
Forrest Fenn became famous after hiding a treasure chest somewhere in the Rocky Mountains back in 2010, leaving a trail of clues as to where it may be hidden.
A South Korean salvage team has hit the jackpot, finding a Russian warship sunk 113 years ago. There is quite a bounty on board.
An eccentric millionaire called Forrest Fenn buried a $2 million treasure chest back in 2010, offering only a poem for clues. The search has turned deadly.
It was the year 1622 when a fleet of ships, heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, jewels and indigo, departed from Spanish ports in then New Granada and Havana.
Here’s a story to tell all those kiddies who dream of one day finding treasure, Colombia unearthing a massive bounty on a famous sunken ship.
Sometimes we find gems hidden in the strangest of places. The remnants of a famed 122-year-old building recently reappeared and history geeks are delighted.
Whilst no buried treasure at the bottom of the ocean will ever compare to Ariel’s underwater cave of wonders, it’s still exciting when things are found that we didn’t know were there.
A group of models have hit a new low, literally, as Van Wong, an engineer-turned-photographer, has executed an incredible photoshoot among the shipwrecks and seaweed of the ocean floor.
A French mountaineer was left stunned after finding a metal box that contained emeralds, rubies and sapphires worth hundreds of thousands of Euros whilst scaling the Mont Blanc glacier in the Alps.
A man who died recently was found to have been stashing away gold bars worth $7 million under his house, while he only had $200 in his bank account. Walter Samaszko Jr., 69, of Carson city Nevada was also hoarding some rare gold coins, stocks, and a whole bunch of crap.
The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in India – dedicated to the god Vishnu – was built in 1566. Secret vaults have now been found, containing more than R74 billion in offerings to the temple! All these shiny coins, jewelry, and even a six meter-long gold necklace have been secretly hoarded in underground vaults. This is like the Indian version of Gringotts in Harry Potter!