August 20, 2012
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If you’re a fan of the Classical Blogosphere posts which get put up early in the a.m. most days, you may have noticed that some recently come from something called “Classical Anthology”. This is a project of Stephen Jenken, of Classics Library fame … here’s his official announcement of the debut of the site from…
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Forgot to mention this one from the BBC last week: An archaeologist in Northumberland has uncovered more of a Roman water system first found by his grandfather. Dr Andrew Birley and a team of volunteers have been excavating land surrounding Vindolanda fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall. The project to discover and record the pipework…
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From a University of Exeter news release: Excavations are underway to unearth the mysteries of Devon’s newly discovered settlement dating back to Roman times. Following the recent discovery of over 100 Roman coins in fields several miles west of Exeter, evidence of an extensive settlement including roundhouses, quarry pits and track ways was found from…
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This one’s more for my own write-this-down-because-it-might-lead-somewhere purposes … La Repubblica has a video report of a underwater find of a large quantity of obsidian off Capri: Nelle acque di Capri riemerge carico di ossidiana dall’antichità … ANSA, via Napoli Today, has the report in print: Ritrovamento di un carico navale di ossidiana risalente a…
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We’ll start the week with this item from Hurriyet: Archaeologists conducting excavations in the northwestern province of Çanakkale’s Ayvacık district have discovered hairpins thought to be over two millennia old, proving that ancient societies also had a pronounced desire to “look good,” according to researchers. “The hairpins show us that there was a high demand…
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