Archaeology
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From Novinite: A commission of archaeologists and architects is set on securing a National Monument status for the temple of Greek goddess Cybele in Bulgaria’s Balchik. The absolutely unique Cybele temple was uncovered by accident in April 2007 at the construction site of a hotel owned by a local entrepreneur. The special commission has been…
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From Novinite: One of Bulgaria’s top Ancient Thrace sites, the Starosel Tomb, has been dated to the 4th century BC after years of research. With German help a team of archaeologists of the Bulgarian National History Museum led by Dr. Ivan Hristov has managed to estimate the timing of the construction of the largest underground…
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From SANA (this one’s making the rounds; Adrian Murdoch e.g. has already noted it): Damascus Countryside Governorate announced Tuesday the unearthing of 5 archaeological graveyards in old Daryya City near Damascus, dating back to the 3rd and 4th Century AD. The discovered graveyards, mostly dating back to the Roman and Byzantine era, contain tens of…
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Okay … for the past while I’ve been trying to understand a number of Italian newspaper articles about changes going on at the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali . It seemed that there were things going on ‘at the top’, but it took an item in English from the March edition of…
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS are surveying a newly-discovered Roman road. The history of the road, which runs from Winchester to Chichester, is to be investigated and people are invited to get involved in a field visit. People wanting to get a closer look at the ancient road should attend a workshop on Saturday March 20, held at the…
