1 published discovery from Lithuania — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.
Global Finds has 1 find from Lithuania, a famous historical find. It is filed under jewellery. It is the Vilnius Cathedral regalia, made for royal burials between 1506 and 1551.
The law: In Lithuania, as in most countries, archaeological finds are protected by national heritage law: report anything old or unusual to the national heritage authority, and never dig at a known site or export a find without permission.
In December 2024, museum specialists searching the crypt of Vilnius Cathedral with old plans and an endoscopic camera found an iron box under a staircase. Inside, wrapped in 1939 newspapers, were the gold funeral crowns, sceptre and jewellery of three Polish-Lithuanian rulers.
