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An ancient statue uncovered in a margarine tub is among the treasures revealed to the world by the British public. The figure of Roman deity Minerva was rediscovered languishing in a container by a hobbying metal detectorist. The ancient statuette of the Roman goddess Minerva [Credit: British Museum/PA]Gold jewellery plucked from the Shropshire marshes, and a priceless antique lamp were also lifted from the Thames by passionate...

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A Roman-era mosaic has been sitting under a dumpster since its discovery two years in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa’s İznik (Greek Nikaia) district during municipal works due to a disagreement between the owner of the land and authorities. Credit: Hurriyet Daily News“This Roman-era mosaic should not be left this way,” said the former director of İznik Museum, Taylan Sevil, who is urging authorities to take action. The...

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The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announced the successful completion of the seventh full excavation season at the 4th century BC Mazotos shipwreck was successfully completed, after four weeks of intensive fieldwork (20 September -21 October 2018). The project is conducted by the Maritime Archaeological Research Laboratory (MARELab) of the Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus,...

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An archaeological dig at the National Trust’s Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire has uncovered a Late Iron Age to Early Roman (c.100 BC – 150AD) rural settlement on the site which is now home to a working farm and Georgian mansion house. The 2000 year old figurine discovered during the dig on the Wimpole Estate [Credit: National Trust Images/ James Fairbairn, Oxford Archaeology East]Among the finds is an extremely rare, 5cm long copper...

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Building work in the northern town of Delfzijl in the province of Groningen (northeast Netherlands) has uncovered the foundations of an 18th century barracks used in Napoleonic times along with water cisterns which were used as bomb shelters during World War II. The excavation site [Credit: Martin Drent/RTV Noord]The Netherlands were occupied by the French from 1795 to 1810 and was part of the French empire from 1810 to...

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December 13, 2018 17.00 - LECTURE Irad Malkin (Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, Tel Aviv University)

December 13, 2018 15.00 - LECTURE Eleni Fassa

December 13, 2018 19.00 - LECTURE Καθ. Ναννώ Μαρινάτου, Πανεπιστήμιο Ιλλινόις -Δρ. Λένα Παπάζογλου-Μανιουδάκη, Επίτιμη Προϊσταμένη Προϊστορικής Συλλογής Εθνικού Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου

December 13, 2018 17.00 - SEMINAR Dr. Stella Katsarou, Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Spelaeology

December 13, 2018 18.30 - LECTURE Θανάσης Απέργης -Πολιτικός Μηχανικός, ΕΜΠ

Review of Gary Forsythe, Primary Sources for Ancient History. Volume II: The Roman World. Pittsburgh: 2018. Pp. viii, 497. $28.00 (pb). ISBN 9781480951440.

Review of Michel Briand, Sandrine Dubel, Arianne Eissen, Rire et dialogue, La Licorne, 126. Rennes: 2017. Pp. 210. €22,00. ISBN 9782753554962.

Review of Michael Erler, Martin Andreas Stadler, Platonismus und spätägyptische religion: Plutarch und die Ägyptenrezeption in der römischen Kaiserzeit. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 364. Berlin: 2017. Pp. vi, 335. €99,95. ISBN 9783110531404.

Review of W. Graham Claytor, A. M. F. W. Verhoogt, Papyri from Karanis: The Granary C123. Michigan papyri, XXI. Ann Arbor: 2018. Pp. xix, 196. $95.00. ISBN 9780472130870.

There have been several Christmas-related posts, some of which cover topics that are addressed every year around this time, but many or all of which either have enough new, or remain of such relevance, that they are worth sharing. The one I most want to highlight is Ian Paul’s explanation of why the idea that […]

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