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IN THE NEWS … 18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold ‘tongues’ discovered along the Mediterranean coast | Live Science Traces of Roman settlement unearthed near Lake Constance 1,600-year-old Roman guardian spirit relief found hidden beneath Vindolanda barracks | Archaeology News Online Magazine Vada Volaterrana: new archaeological excavations begin in 2026 | inItaly |…
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ludi Apollinares (day 7) — games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo 100 B.C. (?) — birth of G. Julius Caesar 67 A.D. — martyrdom of Paulinus of Antioch 1536 — death of Erasmus…
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IN THE NEWS … Fake Cuneiform Seals Reveal How Unreadable Writing Became a Status Symbol in the Ancient Levant | Arkeonews Silver coin of Byzantine emperor Justinian I discovered at Gonio-Apsaros – Georgia Today France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties | The Times of Israel Mysterious 3,700-Year-Old Decorated…
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IN THE NEWS … Military camp in Uzbekistan sheds new light on Alexander the Great’s legacy Archaeology: 18 ancient tombs in Egypt yield ‘golden tongue’ amulets | Euronews Rare 2,700-Year-Old Seal from Tel Yavne Reveals Astral Worship in the Shadow of the Assyrian Empire | Arkeonews The oldest deliberately collected fossil ichthyosaur was discovered in…
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IN THE NEWS … An Ancient Bridge Was Lost to History. Archaeologists Just Found It. How Did Hannibal Get His Elephants Across the Alps? New Calculations Point to One Route | Arkeonews 2,500-year-old tomb of a ‘warrior prince’ with chariot and helmet discovered on Italy’s Adriatic coast | Live Science Hidden inscription from after Christ’s…
