The olive landscape: A nearly 4,000-year-old legacy of human-nature interaction in the Central Mediterranean
The olive tree is one of the most iconic symbols of the Mediterranean basin, deeply intertwined with the region's history, ...
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Archaeological excavation at Italian town rewrites timeline of Rome’s collapse
Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was a thriving centre till the 3rd century. The decade ...
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A Roman Settlement Destroyed During the Gothic Raids of the Mid-3rd Century AD Discovered in Bulgaria
Credit: Cplakidas / Wikimedia Commons One of the best-preserved structures is a rectangular building at least 9 meters long, with evidence of having been destroyed by fire, possibly linked to the ...
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The Bashiri mystery: A 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy that no archaeologist dares to open
A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of ... between the 2nd and early 3rd centuries BCE. The art of mummification was at its peak during ...
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1,800-year-old mask likely used in farm festivals found in Osaka
An almost perfectly preserved wooden mask from around the early third century that likely featured in important farming festivals was uncovered at an archaeological site in Osaka Prefecture. The ...