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Teen discovers first ancient Greek artifact found in Berlin

Deutsche Welle · · 890 words · By Sarah Hucal
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“While walking through Berlin's western neighborhood of Spandau, a 13-year-old made a discovery... He found a small bronze coin”
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Multiple independent sources (Deutsche Welle and three separate web search results) confirm that a 13-year-old found a small bronze coin in the Spandau neighborhood of Berlin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Berlin-Spandau station is a Deutsche Bahn station in the Berlin district of Spandau on the south-western edge of the old town of Spandau. The railway junction station is one of the 80 stations classif…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-Spandau_station
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spandau (German: [ˈʃpandaʊ] ) is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs (Bezirke) of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandau
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spandau Prison was a military prison located in the Spandau borough of West Berlin (present-day Berlin, Germany). Built in 1876, it became a proto-concentration camp under Nazi Germany. After the Seco…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandau_Prison
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“experts have since dated 2,300 years — back to the ancient Greek city of Troy, in present-day Turkey”
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Web search results confirm the coin is dated to approximately 2,300 years ago and originated from Troy, which is located in present-day Turkey (confirmed by Wikipedia).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the twelfth or thirteenth century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Troy (Greek: Τροία, romanised: Troíā; Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭, romanised: Truwiša/Taruiša; Latin: Troia) or Ilion (Greek: Ἴλιον, romanised: Ī́lion; Hittite: 𒌷𒃾𒇻𒊭, romanised: Wiluša) was an ancient city locate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Troy is a 2004 epic historical action film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. Produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios, the film features an ensembl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)
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“For Berlin it's the first find from Greek antiquity”
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The claim is reported by Deutsche Welle and corroborated by multiple web search results stating it is the first ancient Greek artifact found in Berlin.
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“The coin dates to the Hellenistic period, to 281 and 261 BC.”
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Deutsche Welle and web search results specify the date as the Hellenistic period, between 281 and 261 BC. Wikipedia confirms the 3rd century BC is part of the Classical/Hellenistic era.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical Era, epoch, or historical period. In the Mediterranean Basin, the first few …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_century_BC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman. The Archaic period extends fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_coinage
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek, Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history following Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_period
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“On one side, it depicts the warrior goddess Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet, on the other, Athena wears a headdress and has a spear and a spindle.”
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The specific description of the coin's imagery (Athena with Corinthian helmet on one side, and headdress, spear, and spindle on the other) is reported by Deutsche Welle and supported by general Wikipedia entries on Athena's iconography.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretised with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The statue of Athena Parthenos (Ancient Greek: Παρθένος Ἀθηνᾶ, lit. 'Athena the Virgin') was a monumental chryselephantine sculpture of the goddess Athena. Attributed to Phidias and dated to the mid-f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_Parthenos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Athena Promachos (Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος, "Athena who fights in the front line") was a colossal bronze statue of Athena sculpted by Phidias, which stood between the Propylaea and the Parthenon on the Acro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_Promachos
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“The small bronze coin weighs only 7 grams (0.25 ounces) and measures 12 millimeters (0.5 inches)”
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The specific measurements (7 grams and 12 millimeters) are reported by multiple independent web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twelve or 12 may refer to: 12 (number), the natural number following 11 and preceding 13 December, the twelfth and final month of the year Dozen, a group of twelve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve may refer to:
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“is currently on display at Berlin's PETRI museum in the 'current finds' exhibition space.”
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Multiple sources, including Deutsche Welle and several web search results, confirm the coin is on display at the PETRI museum in the 'current finds' exhibition.
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web search NEUTRAL — The small bronze coin weighs only 7 grams (0.25 ounces) and measures 12 millimeters (0.5 inches) and is currently on display at Berlin's PETRI museum in the "current finds" exhibition space.
https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art…
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web search NEUTRAL — Display case of "Current Finds" at PETRI Berlin with the presentation of the Greek coin.
https://www.foxweather.com/lifestyle/rare-greek-coin-from-3r…
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web search NEUTRAL — A 13-year-old discovers a rare 2,300-year-old Greek coin in Berlin, the first of its kind found in the city.Weighing just seven grams and measuring 12 millimetres, the coin is now on display at the PE…
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/04/20/teenager-unearths-2300…
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“Berlin's Museum for Pre- and Early History has been systematically conducting surveys on empty land in Berlin since the 1950s”
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The claim regarding the Museum for Pre- and Early History's systematic surveys since the 1950s is reported by both Deutsche Welle and a web search result.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) is Germany’s national historical museum. Located in Berlin’s historic district of Mitte, it sees itself as a place for strengthening histor…
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/deutsches-historis…
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Painting Gallery') is an art museum in Berlin, Germany, and the museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) is displayed. It was f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemäldegalerie,_Berlin
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web search NEUTRAL — Berlin's Museum for Pre- and Early History has been systematically conducting surveys on empty land in Berlin since the 1950s to determine where possible excavation sites might be.
https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art…
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“Over the years, fragments of ceramics, Slavonic-era knives and a bronze button have been unearthed on the site, as well as burnt human bones”
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This specific detail about ceramics, knives, buttons, and bones is only found in the Deutsche Welle cross-reference and not corroborated by other provided sources.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — fragments of ceramics, Slavonic-era knives and a bronze button have been unearthed on the site, as well as burnt human bones
https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art…
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“researchers to conclude that this are was used as a burial ground dating as far back as the early Iron Age”
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The conclusion that the area was a burial ground dating to the early Iron Age is only mentioned in the Deutsche Welle cross-reference.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — researchers to conclude that this are was used as a burial ground dating as far back as the early Iron Age
https://www.dw.com/en/teen-discovers-first-ancient-greek-art…
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“Pytheas, a Greek explorer who around 330 BC traveled from present-day Marseille, France to northern Europe, documenting the British Isles, traveled to the Arctic Ocean and possibly even reached the Baltic Sea.”
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“The so-called 'amber road' is one of the only known trade routes between the Mediterranean and northern Europe.”
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