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WATCH: Two Roman-era statues unearthed during infrastructure dig for Israel Railways near Haifa
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery,” added Oren and Reiss. “It was very unexpected, but somehow, the really big discoveries always turn up on the excavation’s very last day.”
Marble bust believed to depict Roman goddess of love found during excavations at Alicante beach
Ancient Greco-Roman cemetery unearthed at archaeological site in Egypt's Nile Delta
Greece reopens country’s only surviving Byzantine palace after over 40 years of restoration work
Ancient jars unearthed at biblical Shiloh days before annual wine festival
In the Tanach, Shiloh served as one of the ancient Israelites’ central locations of worship and housed the biblical Tabernacle.
Ancient water reservoirs discovered at Red Sea's Port of Aydhab site near Egypt-Sudan border
Archaeological surveys of the site also revealed the foundations of residential buildings, watchtowers, and service facilities located nearby.
Collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman-era artifacts discovered at Egypt’s Heracleopolis
The finds include the ruins of a Roman basilica and Doric temple, the head of a marble statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, several cartouches, and molds used to mint coins in the Roman period.
First near-complete ancient Egyptian funerary set discovered at Heliopolis necropolis site
In antiquity, Heliopolis served as a primary religious center for the worship of Ra - indicated by the Al-Masalla obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum.
Evidence of ancient Native American life uncovered near Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Researchers were working at the site as part of UCF’s Cape Canaveral Archaeological Mitigation Project (CCAMP).
Rare, intact ancient Roman burial unearthed during excavations in eastern Croatia - report
Previously, a total of 44 other Roman graves were discovered during excavations for the project, however the most recent find is the first to be fully undisturbed.
British heritage charity constructs replica of 4,500-year-old prehistoric building near Stonehenge
It is expected to be completed and open to the public by summer, before becoming in September a “living-history learning space for school groups."
Six previously unknown Bronze Age mines found in Spain, some 150 more remain ‘undiscovered’
The six mines may help explain the source of the metal used in Bronze Age Scandinavian artifacts.
‘Lexden Lady,’ wealthy Roman woman buried in lead coffin, goes on display in UK
Her exact burial date is unclear, according to the Trust’s statement, but it was likely during the late Roman period - lasting from approximately the late 3rd century to early 5th century CE.
Pompeii victim revealed to be a doctor fleeing Vesuvius’ eruption over 60 years after discovery
The doctor’s identity followed new analysis of archaeological finds kept in the park’s storage warehouses - including a small case hidden within the cast of one of the victims from the garden.
