Archaeology
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From the Leader: WORK at a major building development has unearthed evidence of a Roman settlement. The discovery at Anwyl Construction’s Croes Atti project at Oakenholt, near Flint, includes a well-preserved section of Roman road, pottery, buildings and evidence of an industrial complex processing lead and silver mined at nearby Halkyn Mountain. Andy Davies, Anwyl…
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From Hurriyet: The İzmir Metropolitan Municipality has started demolitions on appropriated land in order to unearth a Roman theater under shanty houses in the city’s Kadifekale district. The municipality has so far paid 8 million Turkish Liras for the confiscation of the nearly 13,000-square-meter area. Eight of the 52 houses to be demolished in the…
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Another one found during subway construction … a very brief item from A.P. via PhysOrg: Subway work in Greece unearths ancient gold wreath
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It isn’t often that archaeologists get more than ten times the funding they asked for … from the Sofia News Agency: Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has pledged the significant amount of BGN 3 M for restoration and conservation of the historical Roman Baths in the Black Sea city of Varna.…
