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Early Islamic Silver Hoard Near Kaliningrad Points to Baltic Trade Links with the Abbasid World
A hoard of Early Islamic silver coins discovered near Kaliningrad is offering new evidence for the movement of Abbasid silver into the southeastern Baltic during the early ninth century. The collection was found in May 2026 by archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences during a survey on the southern…
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Workers in Tallinn Uncover a 14th-Century Ship With a Rare Medieval Compass
A 14th-century ship uncovered beneath a construction site in Tallinn has turned an ordinary office project into one of northern Europe’s most revealing medieval maritime discoveries. The find was made at Lootsi Street 8, near Tallinn’s old harbor area, when workers digging foundations struck wooden remains about 1.5 meters below the surface. Archaeological monitoring stopped…