Archaeology
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More on the game piece side, actually , although I’ll admit to not knowing about the other personal hygiene method mentioned in this item (tip o’ the pileus to Sarah Bond for setting me on to this one and to Dan Diffendale for tracking down the original article). Here’s how the Daily Mail covers it:…
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From Hurriyet: Archaeologists digging up the past in the southern province of Isparta are slowly revealing an ancient city whose well-developed sense of urban planning seems to have served as a model for subsequent conurbations. “The ancient city [of Pisidia Antiocheia] is positioned on two main rectangular streets that cut each other vertically, which is…
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From Hurriyet: The world’s largest marble city, the ancient city of Stratonikeia in the Aegean province of Muğla’s Yatağan district, is expected to be included on the temporary list of UNESCO world heritage sites. The head of excavations at the ancient city and Pamukkale University Professor Bilal Söğüt said Stratonikeia, one of the most important…
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Sorry about that headline; there’s some sort of pun trying to get out of there … from the Weston Mercury: A RARE Roman figurine, believed to be almost 2,000 years old, has been found in North Somerset. The ‘exceptional solid bronze’ Capricorn statue was found in Burrington using a metal detector and is being transferred…
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The incipit of a piece from LiveScience … I don’t think this was part of the AIA/APA thing: The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to be a bunch of…
