Archaeologists excavating at the site of the ancient Biblical city of Tel Lachish have unearthed a gate-shrine dating to the 8th century BC (First Temple period). Lachish gate-shrine. Image credit: Guy Fitoussi / Israel Antiquities Authority. The ancient gate-shrine is about 80 x 80 feet (24.5 x 24.5 m), making …
Read More »Archaeologists Virtually Recreate House of Caecilius Iucundus in Pompeii
An international team of researchers led by Lund University archaeologists has virtually reconstructed a large house of the Pompeian banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus. A research paper about the virtual reconstruction is published in the journal SCIRES-IT. Peristylium (open courtyard) of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. Image credit: Emanuel Demetrescu et …
Read More »Nan Madol: Archaeologists Uncover Earliest Evidence of Chiefdom in Pacific
Nan Madol, an ancient administrative and the former capital of the Micronesian island of Pohnpei, was the earliest among the Pacific islands to be ruled by a single chief, according to an international team of archaeologists. Nan Madol ruins on the island of Pohnpei. Image credit: C.T. Snow / CC …
Read More »Archaeologists Find Pharaonic Boat Burial at Abydos
Archaeological excavations at Abydos, Egypt, have revealed the remains of a subterranean boat burial dating to the reign of the pharaoh Senwosret III (c. 1850 BC), says an international team of archaeologists led by Dr. Josef Wegner of the Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Top: interior of the boat building. …
Read More »Archaeologists Unearth Bronze Age City in Iraq
An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the remains of a large Bronze Age settlement not far from the town of Dohuk in northern Iraq. The mound of ruins at Bassetki, Iraq, with the broad area of the lower town where sheep now graze. Image credit: Peter Pfälzner. The settlement …
Read More »Archaeologists Find Previously Unknown Ancient City in Greece
An international team of archaeologists from Sweden, Greece and the United Kingdom is exploring the ruins of a previously unknown ancient city at the village of Vlochos, municipality of Palamas, central Greece. The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains. Image credit: Swedish Institute …
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