Footprints fleeing Bronze Age eruption of Vesuvius found
Updated: 2025-01-31 08:09:18
An archaeological survey in the Salerno area, southern Italy, has uncovered the footprints of people and animals fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius 2,000 years before the one that annihilated Pompeii. The footprints were left in the pyroclastic rocks deposited in the catastrophic Avellino eruption of ca. 2000 B.C. The eruption was larger with a wider … Read the full post →"Footprints fleeing Bronze Age eruption of Vesuvius found"
A unique intricate miniature box lock made of gold and iron from the Roman period has been discovered in Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Just 1.2 by 1.1 centimeters in dimension, smaller than a one euro coin or a U.S. quarter, the tiny lock dates to the 3rd or 4th century. It is the northernmost box … Read the full post →"Roman miniature gold lock found in Germany"
A hoard of 404 Roman and English gold and silver coins has been discovered in Bunnik, a village in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The most recent coins, struck in 46-47 A.D., are in excellent condition with no wear and tear from circulation, so the hoard was likely buried in or shortly after 47 A.D. … Read the full post →"Mixed hoard of Roman and British coins found in Netherlands"
A group of atypical Gallic graves with the deceased buried in a seated position have been unearthed in Dijon, southern France. While they have not all been individually dated yet, they generally date to the La Tène period (450-25 B.C.). Archaeologists with France’s National Institute for Preventive Archaeology (INRAP) made the discovery in an excavation … Read the full post →"Rare Iron Age seated burials found in Dijon"
The Rijksmuseum has been given a permanent loan of a sculpture of Triton by 17th century sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini from a private collector. This is the only sculpture by the Italian Baroque master in the Netherlands. The sculpture is 28 inches high and made of terracotta. It depicts the mythological son of Poseidon standing on … Read the full post →"The Netherlands gets its first Bernini"