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Frome Hoard

Near Frome, Somerset

More than 52,000 Roman coins crammed into a single pot.

Detectorist Dave Crisp found a large clay pot buried in a field. Inside were 52,503 Roman coins.

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When
Found April 2010
Where
51.2300, -2.3200
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

On display at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton.

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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