New Discoveries
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The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis Source
Read more: The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis SourceFrom the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent. Since 1958, the ancient city has been continuously excavated by one of the longest-running institutional projects, the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis. “It’s really important that it…
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3,000-year-old village was unearthed in Dašice, Czech Republic
Read more: 3,000-year-old village was unearthed in Dašice, Czech RepublicA remarkable 3,000-year-old village was unearthed in Dašice, Czech Republic. This Bronze Age site includes house foundations, pottery fragments, and tools, providing fresh insights into settlement patterns and daily life in Central Europe.
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Reuniting Lost Artifacts from the Roman Villa della Pisanella
Read more: Reuniting Lost Artifacts from the Roman Villa della PisanellaSusanna Faas-Bush, an archaeologist, has tracked and verified over 300 artifacts. These are from the ancient Roman Villa della Pisanella near Pompeii. They were previously thought lost or destroyed. These items are scattered across museums in Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, the U.K., and the U.S. They include silver tableware from the Boscoreale Treasure (now in…