Legends of lost treasures are spurring unemployed Greeks to dig for gold. “People who look for gold are maniacs, they never give up until they find something. It’s like gambling,” said one retired treasure hunter. A 1,700-year-old curse tablet discovered in Antioch in the 1930s has been fully translated by Alexander Hollmann of the University of Washington. […]

Tombs of the “golden chiefs culture” have been discovered at the El Caño site in Panama. The 1,000-year-old burials contain the remains of high-ranking individuals surrounded by carefully arranged bodies, ceramics, and jewelry made of gold and semiprecious stones. The bones of a poisonous pufferfish were also found in a jar. A study of teeth taken […]