Belarus’ border guard has accused Polish forces of attacking them using a slingshot and “metal balls”. Polish border authorities allegedly committed “illegal actions” at a checkpoint near the city of Brest, the authority said. “On the night of April 10-11, Polish soldiers fired on the Belarusian road checkpoint Peschatka,” a statement read. “The security also […]
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Belarus accuses Poland of attacking border with slingshot and ‘metal balls’
10-Year-Old Metal Detectorist Unearths Rare 13th Century Seal Matrix
A 10-year-old boy from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire has joined the ranks of the United Kingdom’s most successful and well-known metal detectorists. While out searching in a field in Woodbridge, Suffolk with his father, George Henderson found a 13th century medieval priory seal matrix, a metallic artifact that would have been used to stamp and verify official […]
The Indonesian Keris Dagger Forged From Metal, Imbued With Spirit
In 2005, the Southeast Asian dagger, keris, was designated as a Masterpiece of Humanity’s Oral and Intangible Heritage by UNESCO. The keris is an asymmetrical dagger with a unique blade design made possible by alternating iron and pamor (nickelous iron laminations). A keris has various practical and spiritual purposes. It may be used for display, […]
Metal Detectorist Milly Hardwick Finds Bronze Age Hoard of Axe Heads
Her metal detector went crazy. Milly Hardwick, the 13-year-old English girl, had discovered ancient treasure. This September, Milly identified a rare archaeological Bronze Age hoard in a field near Royston, on the Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire border in England. There, in “Milly’s field” as it should now be called, archaeologists excavated about 200 Bronze Age artifacts. The question […]
Strikes At Huntington, West Virginia Hospital And Metal Production Facility
Above Photo: Cabell Huntington Hospital (Cabell Huntington Hospital) One thousand support staff the Huntington, West Virginia hospital system voted October 21 to authorize a 10-day strike when their current contract expires November 2. The contract covers maintenance and service workers, licensed practical nurses, and other medical support workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital and Saint Mary’s […]
Study Contradicts Top-Down Theories on Ancient Thai Metal Production
Archaeometallurgy, the study of metals and their past production and usage by humans, is a fascinating discipline that is a fixture of both archaeological and historical sciences. A groundbreaking new study focusing on ancient Thai metal production has subverted the long-held top-down approach applied to material history. Penn Museum Issues Contradictory Findings for Thai Metal […]
British Metal Detectorist Reunites Stolen Ancient Treasure with Owner
A couple weeks ago Mr. Charles Cartwright, an amateur British metal detectorist, took his machine out for an inaugural search in a field in Doddenham, Worcestershire, England. He’d been out for about two hours when suddenly the metal detector “went crazy.” No more than a quarter of a foot into the ground, Mr. Cartwright’s spade […]
To Dismantle A Gas Pipeline And Sell It As Scrap Metal
Above photo: Daliri Oropeza. A Story Of Yaqui Women. The following article, translated from the Spanish version on Pie de Página, looks at the women-led struggle against the passing of a U.S. company’s gas pipeline through Yaqui territory in so-called Mexico. It also touches on the case of Yaqui political prisoner Fidencio Aldama, serving a 15+ […]
Metal Fragments Found To Be Currency In Bronze Age Europe
Archaeologists from Germany and Italy have found convincing proof that people in Late Bronze Age Europe used metal scraps or fragments as a form of money. As excavations throughout Central Europe have revealed, people first began breaking metal objects into smaller pieces in Bronze Age Europe in the early second millennium BC. The practice then accelerated noticeably during […]
Millions Exposed to High Levels of Metal That Harms Kids Bones, Study Finds
Millions Exposed to High Levels of Metal That Harms Kids Bones, Study Finds Children’s Health Defense » Feed / Aerowenn Hunter About 2.3 million Americans are exposed to high natural strontium levels in their drinking water, a metal that can harm bone health in children, according to a United States Geological Survey (USGS) study. The […]
Roman Funeral Pyre in France Contained Rare Metal Curule Chair
Recently, two amazing discoveries were made in the commune of Epagny Metz-Tessy, in the Haute-Savoie department in southeastern France, near Annecy. After an SNC group carried out routine inspections and excavations prior to giving the all-clear on new housing construction on the site, they stumbled upon two Roman funeral pyres from the 1 st century […]
Cobalt prices soar as China stockpiles metal used in phones, electric cars
One country that should be benefiting from the price rise is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which produces about two-thirds of the world’s cobalt, but supply shortages caused by logistical issues and fears of political instability in the Central African nation have hurt the industry. There are also concerns about the ethical sourcing of […]
Heavy Metal Nano Contaminants Found In Many Vaccines Slowly Kill Us
Heavy Metal Nano Contaminants Found In Many Vaccines Slowly Kill Us Tap News / Weaver ER Editor: As vaccines have been usefully put under the spotlight, metal nanoparticulate contamination of typical vaccines – many of them – is a topic worthy of review. Two Italian researchers, the husband and wife team of Stefano Montanari and […]
At CPAC, Gun-Toting Rep. Lauren Boebert Rails Against Metal Detectors and Pelosi
Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado joined her comrades from the so-called Stop the Steal rallies Saturday for a panel on the Second Amendment at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. The American Conservative Union-endorsed congresswoman used the elevated stage as an opportunity to promote her gun-toting image and rail against House Speaker Nancy […]
Iran gains nuke know-how with uranium metal production, alarming Israel
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Mystery metal monolith turns out to be Turkish government gimmick
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Rep. Rodney Davis: Nancy Pelosi ‘Should Pay the $5,000 Fine’ for Skipping Her Own Metal Detector Rule
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) told Breitbart News that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) violated her own rule requiring representatives to go through metal detectors before entering the House floor. In an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak, Davis said he saw Pelosi enter the House floor without going through […]
Republican lawmaker with gun sets off House chamber metal detector
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was blocked from entering the House chamber after setting off a metal detector while apparently carrying a concealed gun. Representative Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican, set off the metal detector while trying to enter the chamber Thursday afternoon. The metal detectors […]
Bronze Age Money: Early Metal Artifacts May Be Europe’s First Currency
Did the occupants of Central Europe in 2,000 BC have a functioning monetary economy? Said another way: did these people have Bronze Age money? Yes they did, say a pair of archaeologists from the Netherlands. They drew this conclusion after studying hoards of standardized bronze objects recovered from approximately 100 Early Bronze Age excavations, throughout […]
Major European Powers Rebuke Iran Over Uranium Metal Plans
The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria July 10, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Three European powers on Saturday warned Iran against starting work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, saying it contravened the 2015 nuclear deal and stressing that it had no civilian use […]