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The Antikythera Ephebe, the Greek statue that still gazes at something that disappeared two thousand years ago
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (1353+ words) What, exactly, is the first in a long list of unanswered questions surrounding this piece. Let’s take it step by step, because the story begins, as so often happens in archaeology, with a stroke of luck disguised as misfortune. In…...
Archaeologists Discover 120 Roman Inscriptions in Spanish Cave that Reveal the Role of Women in the Goddess's Rituals
18+ hour, 2+ min ago (529+ words) The cave of Cova Dones houses the largest collection of Latin inscriptions ever found in a rock sanctuary across the entire Empire. The latest archaeological campaign documents 120 graffiti that reveal the leading role of women in the rituals and confirm…...
The Secret of the Preservation of the Huashan Rock Paintings for 2000 Years: They Are Made with the Blood of Women Giving Birth
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (687+ words) A study reveals that the ancient creators of the rock art of Guangxi, in southern China, mixed lime, human blood, and red clay to achieve an adhesion so resistant that it has withstood the hot and humid subtropical climate for…...
The complete layout of the wall of the first Roman camp in Vindonissa discovered, along with medical and military equipment of the legionaries
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (899+ words) The emergency archaeological intervention promoted by Cantonal Archaeology on Zürcherstrasse Street in Windisch (in the Swiss canton of Aargau) has concluded within the expected timeframe, according to sources from the institution in mid-July. The excavation team, composed of around twenty…...
The “Barbarian Invasions” forced Roman legionaries on the Danube frontier to survive on hunting and fishing, as supply routes were cut off
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1692+ words) The analysis of animal remains from the Roman fort of Diana-Karataš, in present-day Serbia, shows that Roman soldiers mainly ate pork, beef, and sheep, but that their diet changed radically from the 4th century onwards, with an increase in the consumption…...
A Large Fresco of Dionysus and Ariadne Discovered and Restored on the Ceiling of the “Casa con Pacificio” in Pompeii
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (324+ words) The restoration work on the vault of a room in Regio IX has been completed, an intervention that has allowed for the recomposition of more than a quarter of the original decoration in a process that remains open to future…...
Elevated Roads That Seem to Lead Nowhere Found in an Iron Age Fort in Western England
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (742+ words) A team of archaeologists and students from the University of Birmingham has begun the first excavation work at the site known as Wall Camp, an Iron Age fort located on the Shropshire plain in western England, which had not been…...
The Mystery of the Baboon and the Ibis: Moonlight Reveals Why the Ancient Egyptians Deified Two Such Different Animals
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (287+ words) The work, conducted by researchers from the University of St Andrews and Dartmouth College, proposes an answer that does not rely on abstract symbolism or complex theological allegories, but instead on the physics of light and the objective measurement of…...
Two babies were buried in an ancient Roman latrine at the sanctuary of Artemis in Ephesus in the 8th century, centuries after the building’s abandonment
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (451+ words) Archaeologists document a double burial from the Byzantine period in the Artemision, in the High Middle Ages, which contradicts the conventional interpretation of perinatal remains in sanitation contexts as evidence of abandonment or selective disposal. The analysis of the remains,…...
Findings at the Iberian Site of the Assut de Tivenys Point to an Origin Prior to the 3rd Century BC and Reveal a Seal and a Fibula of Sertorian Soldiers
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (399+ words) This summer’s campaign did not interrupt the educational component that has accompanied the L’Assut excavations since 2012, allowing scientific research to be combined once again with hands-on training for students from various undergraduate and graduate programs. This full immersion in fieldwork…...