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An amateur metal detectorist in the United Kingdom has unearthed a "remarkable" 3, 000-year- old gold clasp that would've been used to fasten clothing during the Late Bronze Age (1000 to 800 B.C.). Jonathan Needham discovered the artifact while metal detecting in Staffordshire, a county in central England, according to a statement from The British Museum . "Straight away people said it was 3,000-year-old gold and at that point we were able to celebrate," Needham told BBC News . "We were punching the roof at what we had found." He immediately reported his find to the Derby Museum in accordance with The Treasure Act 1996 , which requires citizens to report archaeological finds of significance. Museum researchers determined that the "beautifully preserved " piece was likely made in Ireland and provides a "cultural link between Ireland and Britain during the Bronze Age," according to the statement.  Related: Bronze Age 'tr...

A bone belonging to a rare, yet well-known dinosaur was discovered in Southern Utah and has paleontologists excited by its discovery . Utah State Parks reported that a 6-foot, 7-inch humerus bone belonging to a rare 30-ton Brachiosaurus was unearthed at a site in the Southern Utah desert last May by paleoartist Brian Engh. The team that removed the bone included paleontologists from the Utah Field House of the Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal, Utah, and the Western University of Health Sciences, in Pomona, California. To protect it, the exact site is not being disclosed. The recovered bone, the humerus, is the upper arm/leg bone for this towering creature. This is only the third Brachiosaurus humerus ever found – and the first in Utah, according to Utah State Parks. Paleontologists putting adding plaster to the protective jacket placed around the Brachiosaurus bone found in Southern Utah, October, 2019 | Photo by Brian Engh, courtesy of Utah State Parks, St. Geo...