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Archaeological research carried out at the Neolithic site of La Draga, near the lake of Banyoles, has yielded the discovery of an item which is unique in the western Mediterranean and Europe. The item is a bow which appeared in a context dating from the period between 5400-5200 BCE, corresponding to the earliest period of [...]
If you wanted to get ahead in Iron-Age Central Europe you would use a strategy that still works today — dress to impress and throw parties with free alcohol. Pre-Roman Celtic people practiced what archaeologist Bettina Arnold calls “competitive feasting,” in which people vying for social and political status tried to outdo one another through [...]
One of Andalucia’s most important archaeological sites, Acinipo in Ronda, has reportedly been the victim of pillaging. Despite the importance of the site, it is very poorly conserved and lacks basic safety measures. There are guards during the day, but at night, the National and Local Police are in charge of its safety, although the [...]
Conservative New Democracy MP and former deputy health minister Gerasimos Giakoumatos, suggested on Monday that the Acropolis and other archaeological sites be leased to private firms in a bid to bring much-needed revenue into the debt-ridden country. In comments made to Vima FM radio station, Giakoumatos claimed that such a move would not be humiliating [...]
The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities, announces the completion of the eighteenth excavation season at the Medieval Sugar Mill of Kolossi, in Limassol District. The excavations, which lasted for four weeks, from 31st of October until 25th of November 2011, were under the direction of the Curator of Antiquities, Dr. Marina Solomidou-Ieronymidou, [...]
Archaeologists digging in Rome’s Palatine Hill have found the remains of a large house that they believe might be the birthplace of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. Announced at the end of a 10-year excavation, the finding was partly uncovered in 2006, when a team led by Clementina Panella, a professor at the University of Rome [...]
The Cultural Heritage and Landscape research team of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has discovered an encastellated mediaeval village beside the castle of Arganzón. The location, which was occupied in the IX or X centuries, can be considered a town of considerable importance, given it was built in a “castellated” style, one in [...]
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