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sunken 17th-century ‘pirate ship’ discovered, alongside gunpowder-packed grenades. ancient hand grenades and cannons from the wreck of a former pirate ship have been found along the coast of cornwall in the u.k. divers spotted artifacts from the wreck of the schiedam, which sank off the coast in 1684, after recent storms disturbed the sand that in addition, the two 17th-century hand grenades, each consisting of a hollow iron shell filled with gunpowder, were found nearby, after local historian robert felce found the second of the two hand grenades late november on a beach near the schiedam shipwreck site at dollar cove, in the coastal gunwalloe district of cornwall’s lizard peninsula. read more. missing ancient artifact ‘stone of nikouria’ rediscovered on amorgos. an ancient stone tablet bearing a historic inscription of the resolution of nikouria, dating back to the 3rd century bc, has resurfaced on the island of amorgos after it had gone missing for roughly a century, greece’s ministry of culture announced on friday. according to the ministry, the inscription was a key docu*ent about the history of the aegean and was first discovered in 1893 in the panagia church on the islet of nikouria, opposite aigiali on amorgos. the priceless artifact had been temporarily transferred to a nearby stable where it remained until 1908, but then disappeared from view the announcement said that the text on the inscription, known from the time it was discovered first, concerns “a decision of the league (koinon) of the islanders’, a political union set up by the ptolemys, to participate with official representatives in the feast and games organized by ptolemy ii in alexandria in the memory of his deified father ptolemy i the saviour. read more. woman sees head sticking out of ground, finds 1,700-year-old sculptures. an israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two roman-era busts, the life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of beit shean earlier this month, with the israel