Byzantine mosaic with floral designs found in Israel
Dilek Yazıcı
Archaeologists excavated a Byzantine mosaic with floral designs in the Shoam Industrial Zone of Israel’s Shephelah region.
Month: March 2023
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Roman tomb equipped and sealed with magical ‘death nails’
Elif Duluk
A 2,000-year-old tomb unearthed in Turkey was strewn with “dead nails” and sealed most likely to “protect the living from the dead.”
Huge ant fossil found in Princeton
Ahmet Mengüç
The fossil of a huge, ancient ant, the first of its kind to be found in Canada, was uncovered by a Princeton woman.
Ancient Roman resort with swimming pool in France
Along a river in France, it turns out that an elaborate complex once stood. An ancient Roman resort with a waterfall-fed swimming pool.
A Roman temple discovered on the site of Leicester Cathedral
chaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman temple or place of worship beneath a cemetery on the grounds of Leicester Cathedral.
Soft tissue, veins found in a dinosaur
Although while finding fossilized dinosaur bones is amazing, it’s even more amazing when researchers find evidence of soft tissue.
Both runic and alphabetic inscriptions from the Middle Ages are being analyzed
The Roman alphabet and runes coexisted in the Middle Ages. The idea that runes are more of an oral and less of a taught kind of written language is contested by a recent discovery.
A vase found in Roman Britain as the first physical evidence of a real gladiatorial fight
A recently analyzed vase is the only representation of an actual gladiatorial contest in Roman Britain. The location of the event remained a mystery until recently, but according to research by archaeologists from several British universities, the two gladiators probably fought near a town in what is now eastern Essex.
Smiling Sphinx found in Egypt
A smiling sphinx-like statue with two dimples and a smile was unearthed at the Temple of Hathor, along with other ruins of the temple.
Oldest human genome of Spain unearthed
At one site near Granada in Spain, scientists discovered bones that contain the oldest human genome yet discovered in the area.
