A former California State Controller’s Office employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing diamonds worth $300,000 and coins while at work over a seven year period, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. Court records show Miguel Espinosa had a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Prosecutors said he pleaded guilty to three counts of grand theft. The […]
Hundreds of years ago, someone filled an oak box with a cache of coins. The box ended up buried next to what is now a street leading to a town center in France, and that’s where it stayed until 2021 when archaeologists found it. Archaeologists were conducting a preventive excavation ahead of a real estate […]
In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail from England on a mission to chart a passage around the top of North America. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, the voyage ended in tragedy three years later when both ships were lost in the frigid waters off Canada’s coast. None of the 129 […]
Greek archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of ancient artifacts while exploring the lost city of Tenea, which legend suggests was built some 3,000 years ago by Trojan prisoners of war. More than two dozen silver coins and remnants of an important primeval aqueduct were among the discoveries shedding light on settlements and infrastructure during some […]