Archaeology
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This one appears to be only in English on Xinhua: Romanian archaeologists has discovered, in southeastern county of Caras-Severin, a complex structure estimated to be 2,000 years old belonging to the Roman culture, local media reported on Thursday. The archaeological discovery has a special importance because it was built very early, probably in the autumn…
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Scanning the Italian ‘papers’ … A Roman bridge is being excavated in Parma: Giallo in piazza Ghiaia scavi bloccati dal ponte romano? (Repubblica) Plans to build an archaeological park at Tivoli (about time!): BENI CULTURALI: GIRO, A TIVOLI UN GRANDE PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO (Libero) … and plans for Pompeii (I don’t quite understand what’s new in…
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Interesting little item … here’s the incipit: A ROMAN skeleton which was found in Kingsholm is being investigated by archeologists who are keen to trace his origins. The male skeleton was discovered in 1972, north of Kingsholm Square and ever since experts have wondered where he came from. Now, the Gloucester City Museum has had…
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This one received quite a bit of press attention this past week … conservators at the Museum of London have (painstakingly, no doubt) reassembled a Roman millefiori bowl which was found with a burial thought to come from the cusp of the second/third centuries. Some snippets (the journalists seems unsure how to spell millefiori and…
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Haven’t seen any more coverage of this other than from the Ma’an News Agency: Roman-era catacombs were unearthed in Bethlehem Saturday during construction in an empty lot beside Bethlehem University. The small underground cave system opens facing north, and held four stone coffins with engravings on each, housed in two separate dug out burial areas.…
