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The Ardagh Chalice

Ardagh, County Limerick

One of the finest pieces of medieval metalwork in Europe, found by boys digging potatoes.

In 1868 two boys digging potatoes in an old ring fort at Ardagh found a silver chalice, bronze cup and brooches. The chalice, made in the 700s, is decorated with gold filigree, enamel and amber.

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When
Found 1868
Where
52.4900, -9.0700
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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