Archaeology
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Apparently the folks who had the rep of drinking their wine undiluted also had major complexes (complices?) where they made their wine and news.bg reports the discovery of same near the Kardzhali village of Yagnevo. The brief (and somewhat awkwardly translated, as often) piece gives an age of 3000 years b.p. for the site and/or…
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A cinema fire in Izmir has revealed remains of a Roman-era wall. Dixit Akın Ersoy, who led the excavations: “(The excavation) of the agora is the best heritage to leave behind for future generations. With the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the environment of the Izmir agora, one of the biggest and oldest agoras in…
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Rather amazing how much press coverage there is for this already. A small figurine, dating from the second or third century, depicting what is believed to be a boxer or at least an athlete, has been found during the course of a dig in the City of David. Dixit Dr. Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets…
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Not sure why this is in the news again; we heard about it last September and even back in January, to some extent. Dixit David Romano: “What’s new is this mountaintop altar had cult activity that’s continuous from the Mycenaean to the Hellenistic periods.” … which is what we were told a year ago. Some…
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I could have sworn I had mentioned this one before, but I guess not … in any event, there are episodes of both the Simpsons and Family Guy wherein the main characters find themselves excluded from their favourite watering hole for various reasons and so decide to open up a bar in their garage/basement (respectively).…
