NOT ANCIENT, but archaeology and worth a mention:

Survivors find hidden treasures
15/11/2005 19:36 - (SA)

Warsaw - Four survivors of the Holocaust have found jewellery and other precious objects which they and other prisoners buried some 62 years ago near Majdanek death camp in eastern Poland, the head of the camp's museum said on Tuesday.

"Four survivors - Polish Jews who were sent to Majdanek by the Germans after the Warsaw ghetto uprising in the spring of 1943 - were able to indicate the place where they and their loved ones hid valuable personal possessions," said museum director Edward Balawajder.

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"An archaeological dig allowed us to find, around 35 centimetres below the surface, some 50 objects: rings, wedding rings, watches, earrings, and coins, including a $10 coin minted in 1894," said Balawajder.


... The Majdanek museum has agreed to classify the items and put them on display to the public.

"It's a real treasure, not only because of its financial worth but because it is proof of the tragedy which occurred in the death camps," said Balawajder.

An Israeli archaeologist participated in the excavation.