Largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found

I meant to post something about this some time ago:

An amateur treasure hunter prowling English farmland with a metal detector stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, a massive seventh-century hoard of gold and silver sword decorations, crosses and other items.

'Mummified' Pine Trees Found

Norwegian scientists have found “mummified” pine trees, dead for nearly 500 years yet without decomposition

Leonardo fingerprint reveals $150 million artwork

The prints and the princess: Art experts say Leonardo's fingerprint proves drawing is his

La Bella Principessa

32 Planets Discovered Outside Earth's Solar System

Thirty-two planets have been discovered outside Earth's solar system through the use of a high-precision instrument installed at a Chilean telescope, an international team announced Monday.

The existence of the so-called exoplanets -- planets outside our solar system -- was announced at the European Southern Observatory/Center for Astrophysics, University of Porto conference in Porto, Portugal, according to a statement issued by the observatory.


Thank you to palecur for linking me to this.

Dominican archaeologist finds 10 mummies, one may be Cleopatra’s

OMG! Why don't I remember hearing about this before?!

The Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez Wednesday affirmed to have found 27 tombs and 10 mummies, two of them wrapped in gold, during the excavation she conducts in Egypt in search of Cleopatra’s resting place.