A person digging for fishing worms near a Swedish summer cottage recently discovered a medieval silver hoard containing up to 20,000 coins, along with rings and pendants.

A rare ring, set with sapphire, emerald and garnets and once owned by a medieval bishop, is coming to auction on March 26 sale of jewelry, silver, and objets d’art at Noonans Mayfair, in London.

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A fisherman near Stockholm finds a medieval treasure: a cauldron containing 20,000 silver KANUTUS coins from the 12th century ...

Archaeologists in Northamptonshire uncovered a 1,300-year-old gold necklace, the Harpole treasure, in the grave of an elite medieval woman. Photo from Museum of London Archaeology Archaeologists ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA—According to a Live Science report, researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a trove of finely made medieval jewelry at the site of Old Ryazan, the fortified ...

A trove of medieval jewelry and other precious objects found by a man working in his backyard includes pieces made for a royal court and may be worth as much as $150,000. Officials from Austria's ...