April
12
/ 2024
During explorations on the Danish Island of Zealand, a pair of amateur archaeologists unearthed a small but remarkable artifact. While using metal detectors to search for coins or other items at a site near the city of Ringsted, Finn Ibsen and Lars Danielsen recovered a tiny, corroded bronze plaque or fitting that depicted a human face. The fitting was eventually examined by experts from the Moesgaard Museum in Beder, Denmark, who identified the face as belonging to none other than Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon), the famed conqueror and empire builder who ruled over a huge swath of European territory in the fourth century BC (Alexander reigned from 333 until his death in 323 BC). “It’s fantastic,” exclaimed
