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Early Bronze Age Trojans from all classes drank wine
Updated: 2025-03-31 05:52:45
An analysis of a refined drinking vessel discovered in Heinrich Schliemann’s excavation of Troy in the 19th century has confirmed that it was used to drink wine in the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2300-2000 B.C.). The same technology was used to analyze residue in common cups and beakers and the evidence of wine was found … Read the full post →"Early Bronze Age Trojans from all classes drank wine"Unique chance to see Caravaggio’s only mural
Updated: 2025-03-30 04:56:33
It looks like there’s an end in sight for the crazy drama over the ownership of the Villa Aurora, aka the Casino Boncompagni Ludovisi, the 16th century mansion a stone’s throw from the American Embassy in Rome that boasts the only mural ever painted by the Baroque genius Caravaggio. Quick recap: the last undisputed owner … Read the full post →"Unique chance to see Caravaggio’s only mural"3,600-year-old tomb of unknown pharaoh found in Abydos
Updated: 2025-03-29 04:11:00
Archaeologists have discovered a huge tomb of an unknown pharaoh from the Second Intermediate Period (1640-1540 B.C.) in the Anubis Mountain necropolis at Abydos. It is a multi-chamber tomb with a plastered brick entryway leading to a large limestone burial chamber. The rooms are topped with mudbrick vaulted ceilings 16 feet high. The Penn Museum … Read the full post →"3,600-year-old tomb of unknown pharaoh found in Abydos"Metal detector find links Sutton Hoo helmet to Denmark
Updated: 2025-03-28 04:35:04
A small metal object discovered by a detectorist on the Danish island of Tåsinge may rewrite the history of the famed Sutton Hoo helmet. The piece is a stamp known as a “patrice,” used to hammer a design into a thin sheet of metal, and it bears the image of a mounted warrior that is … Read the full post →"Metal detector find links Sutton Hoo helmet to Denmark"Unprecedented Iron Age hoard found in North Yorkshire
Updated: 2025-03-27 05:55:22
An Iron Age hoard of more than 800 metal objects, an unprecedented grouping of metalwork including wagon fittings, horse tack, spears and two ornately decorated large drinking vessels, has been discovered in North Yorkshire. Its size, scale and the destruction of the objects before burial make it a unique find for Britain and exceptional even … Read the full post →"Unprecedented Iron Age hoard found in North Yorkshire"