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Metal Detecting Finds in South Africa

1 published discovery in the Artefacts category from South Africa — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Artefacts from South Africa

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Famous findAbout AD 1220 to 1290 · found 1933

The Golden Rhinoceros of Mapungubwe: gold from a lost African kingdom

South Africa · ArtefactsRef 190

On New Year's Eve 1932 a local guide led a South African farmer and his companions up Mapungubwe Hill, where they picked up gold. Excavations then uncovered royal graves holding a small gold-foil rhinoceros, now the emblem of South Africa's highest honour.