Archaeology
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Not quite sure if this is a newspaper, blog, or just a webpage, but it’s an interesting read: The ‘Tropaeum Traiani’ victory monument in Adamclisi Constanta
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Brief item from eKathimerini: A dig on the eastern Aegean island of Chios has unearthed parts of an ancient necropolis dating to between 7th and 6th centuries BC and belonging to the Archaic period. The graves, which were found by archaeologists in the Psomi area, were pithos burials – meaning that the dead were placed…
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From the University of Exeter: The excavation at Ipplepen, run by the University of Exeter, is back on site following the discovery of a complex series of archaeological features thought to be part of the largest Romano-British settlement in Devon outside of Exeter. Wheel ruts found in the newly excavated road surface are thought to…
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A very strange, brief item (to me, anyway) from Syrian TV: Sweida Antiquities Department said that parts of mosaic representing geometric shapes and dating back to the end of the Roman era and the beginning of the Byzantine era were discovered at a house in Shahba city in Sweida. Head of Sweida Antiquities Department Hussein…
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From Greek Reporter (I’m not sure this is news; I could have sworn we’d heard about this before): Local residents of Thessaloniki in northern Greece are outraged by a decision to build an apartment block on top of a recently discovered ancient Greek temple in the heart of the city. The temple of goddess Aphrodite,…
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