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A vast 1,700 year old Roman settlement has been discovered off the coast of Tunisia after several years of archaeological exploration in search of the ancient city of Neapolis. Continue reading “Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia”
Geochronologists from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology about the chronology of the archaeological site of Gran Dolina, situated in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos), whose results confirm a pulse of human dispersion in southern Europe around one million years ago. Continue reading “Human dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene”
In a rich agricultural basin near the town of Korca in southeastern Albania, gas pipeline construction work is offering archaeologists a unique insight into 5,000 years of history in a country that was off most experts’ radar during decades of isolationist Communist rule. Continue reading “Οne of the biggest ancient cemeteries unearthed in Albania”
The ancient city of Maresha (located next to Beth Guvrin) contains some of the richest archaeological finds in Israel from the Hellenistic Period (ca. 3-2nd centuries BCE).
This was a time when the city was a major crossroads and commercial centre. Discoveries at Maresha have illuminated how the region’s diverse cultures and ethnic groups interacted. The city was conquered in 107 BCE, by the Maccabean King John Hyrcanus I. Continue reading “Hundreds of Hellenistic-period seal impressions discovered at Maresha”
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from the ‘Argonautics’ by Apollonius of Rhodes. Continue reading “First cities in History founded by Greeks– Apollonius of Rhodes”
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered an entertainment complex with spa and game room as well as evidence of a large ceramic workshop. The discovery was made in the town of Gedera in central Israel by IAA. Continue reading “Israel: Spa and game room found in ancient ceramic workshop”
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