Archaeology
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The incipit of an item in the Bath Chronicle: Engineers have uncovered part of what could be a Roman wall while carrying out emergency sewer repairs in Bath city centre. Wessex Water was carrying out work to repair a sewer in Burton Street last week when a large Bath stone block was discovered, nearly three…
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From Greek Reporter: During archeological excavations next to the Russkaya gas compressor station, near Anapa in Southern Russia, the foundations of three Ancient Greek villas that scientists said date from the 2nd and 3d centuries B.C., have been uncovered. Archeologists found clay pots, fragments of a weaving loom, a pair of scissors and several coins.…
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A brief, and as always, tantalizing item from Hurriyet: An armor plate, worn by ancient warriors on their chest, has been seized in the northwestern province of Çanakkale’s Lapseki district. The man in possession of the plate, which is thought to have historical importance, has been taken into custody. Following a tip off, the Lapseki…
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From ANA: Excavations at the ancient agora of Pella, capital city of Alexander the Great’s and his father Philip’s kingdom, have been renewed for another five years under University of Thessaloniki professor of classical archaeology Ioannis Akamatis, following the Central Archaeological Council’s approval. Field work will focus on the area south of the agora, the…
