Archaeology
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The incipit of an interesting item from CNRS … mirrored in various places: Gevrey-Chambertin, 12 km from Dijon, is famous throughout the world for its Burgundy wines. It is now possible to conclude that winegrowing in this region goes back to the Gallo-Roman era, as testified by the findings of excavations by the Institut National…
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Some brief items which passed ‘neath my caerulean brow this past week or so: They’re starting to ponder proposals for a ‘facelift’ for Housesteads Roman Fort: Major facelift at Roman fort (Courant) Construction workers in Highworth dug up a Roman ‘pot’ (actually, a 2nd century or so cremation vessel): Builders dig up ancient Roman pot…
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From Hurriyet: The statues of Roman emperors Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius are being kept in a depot at the Burdur Archaeology Museum due to a lack of exhibition space. The statues stirred up international excitement when they were unearthed. Hadrian’s giant statue, found in 2007 during the now 17-year-old excavation at Sagalassos, was on exhibition…
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A brief report which seems to be making the rounds of the Indian press tells of four digs commencing in Macedonia/FYROM … of interest to us is Heraklea Lynkestis: About 100 people already started excavating unearthed parts of the Heraklea Lynkestis site, which is located at about two kilometres from the town of Bitola in…
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Azzaman is reporting the discovery of of a bridge somewhere north of Mosul purportedly built by Alexander the Great. In the rather vague article, archaeologist Omer Sharif is quoted inter alia: “The bridge dates to 330 B.C. and to the reign of Alexander the Great … I have asked the Antiquities Department in Baghdad to…
