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The third out of five seasons has been completed of systematic excavations conducted by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Corinth in the Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia, Nemea. Continue reading “An intact grave was found at the Aidonia cemetery”
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”
A cemetery was excavated this summer by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea at the site Makria Rachi of Karavos in Aliveri. This proved to be a real palimpsest in terms of the region’s archaeological data, since during a rescue survey carried out on a private plot of land, it was found that the cemetery had been in continuous use for over 2,500 years. Continue reading “Excavation of a cemetery from Prehistoric and Historical times in Aliveri”
Archaeologists excavating in Egypt have uncovered a stone cemetery of an unknown owner about 300 metres away from the pyramid of King Senusert I. The cemetery was found in Lisht, Cairo, a site of Middle kingdom royal and elite burials. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Egyptian Antiquities Minister. Continue reading “Ancient stone cemetery of unknown owner was discovered in Egypt”
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