The Great Basses wreck is an early 18th-century shipwreck on Great Basses Reef, about 12 km off the south coast of Sri Lanka, discovered by Arthur C. Clarke and Mike Wilson in 1961. The ship, ultimately identified as belonging to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, yielded fused bags of silver rupees, cannons, and other artifacts.
A clump of rupees from the wreck was featured on the History Channel series Pawn Stars.
Jeremy Ellinger was treasure hunting in the Arizona desert in 2011, when he came across a briefcase. The briefcase was locked so Ellinger took it home to his trailer. Watch the clip to see whats inside.
The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. In this clip you can find out about the first stage of conservation work on the artefacts... and which secrets were revealed.
Brothers Pavel, Petko, and Michail Deikov were digging for clay at a tile factory near Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, when one of them stumbled across what he thought was a strange whistle. Further digging uncovered more objects, and when the brothers took their finds to the mayor’s office, they found that they were made of gold – and there was a lot more where they came from.
View a video of the underwater recovery of the largest gold coin treasure ever discovered in Israel.
An ancient copper scroll treasure map from the dead sea reveals the location of hidden treasures from the biblical time.