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Lost Castle Discovered in Žilina

Posted by Margarete on Jun 23

Here we go again. Another construction project in a Slovak town yields an archaeological treasure: a lost castle, one that had been rumored to have existed but had never been previously found, was uncovered in Žilina when construction workers were digging and preparing a construction site for a new shopping center.

How fabulous is that? Only in Europe can you be digging around and happen to come a cross a castle that had been misplaced over the years. I wrote a blog about this phenomenon of uncovering archaeological treasures by happenstance. For me it’s one of the coolest things about living in Slovakia… .

Archaeological Finds in Slovakia

Posted by Margarete on Sep 30

I had always been interested in archaeology. I took an archaeology class in high school and dreamed about traveling someday to work on a dig, searching for King Arthur’s castle.

I grew up in southern California, a place where development and growth didn’t really begin in earnest until the early 20th century, thus, locations of archaeological sites or of finds were not very common in my neck of the woods.