Archaeology
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No relevant photos, alas: A unique lamp from the fourth century with the image of Alexander the Great and gold jewellery from the second century BC were discovered by archaeologists in the Tsarevi Kuli area over the town of Strumica in eastern Macedonia. The new finds discovered at the necropolis of the southern wall of…
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This one seems to be making the rounds again: Remains unearthed in Nottinghamshire could be an unknown Roman temple, archaeologists have claimed. Excavations on the Minster C of E School site in Southwell between September 2008 and May 2009 revealed walls, ditches and ornate stones. The team analysing the finds said the shape and quality…
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The skinny: it dates from the second half of the first century A.D. (based on it apparently demonstrating a transition from cremation to inhumation) and most of the occupants seem to be low-status males (skeletal remains show evidence of a life of ‘hard labour’) … Resti di una necropoli di epoca romana sono stati scoperti…
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Image via Wikipedia Interesting item from the BBC: Roman altar stones dating back almost 2000 years have been found at a cricket pavilion in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The stones have been described as the most significant find of their kind in the past 100 years. Renovations were planned at the pavilion but archaeologists had to…
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Most of the interesting stuff is in the first couple sentences of this one … a sixth-century female burial along with an iron fibula and amber necklace … Una tomba a tumulo di eta’ preromana e’ stata rinvenuta a Foligno nel corso dei lavori di realizzazione della Variante Nord della citta’; all’interno della tomba e’…
