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Ancient Roman Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Ancient Roman Board Game Found in Norwegian Burial Mound

Researchers unearthed a four-sided dice and 18 circular tokens JUNE 12, 2020 Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in western Norway have disco...
Posted in Ancient, Gaming, Roman

Ancient 12,000-Year-Old Mine Discovered in Underwater Caves on Mexican Coast

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Ancient 12,000-Year-Old Mine Discovered in Underwater Caves on Mexican Coast

7 JULY 2020 The underwater caves along Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula contain within them a sprawling labyrinth of archaeological relics perhaps unlike...
Posted in Mayan, Pre-Colombian

Scholars Just Removed a High-Ranking Mummy From Her Coffin; to Discover She Was Buried With a Secret Painting

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Scholars Just Removed a High-Ranking Mummy From Her Coffin; to Discover She Was Buried With a Secret Painting

Conservators at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Scotland made a surprising discovery when they cracked open the coffin of a nearly 3,000-year-o...
Posted in Antiquities, Egyptian, Graves, mummy

Kitchener road faces extended closure after ‘significant’ find of Indigenous artifacts - Canada

by Giuseppe Delvecchio
A major Kitchener, Ontario  roadway will likely be closed for months, due, in part, to a “significant” finding of Indigenous artifacts.A Waterloo r...

Gladiator fresco discovered at Pompeii - Ancient Rome

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Gladiator fresco discovered at Pompeii - Ancient Rome

ROME, Italy - A vivid fresco depicting an armour-clad gladiator standing victorious as his wounded opponent stumbles gushing blood has been discove...
Posted in Frescoes, Greek, Roman, Vesuvius

Mystery of Easter Island's Moai is SOLVED: Giant stone monoliths helped food grow on the land by replenishing the soil with nutrients

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Mystery of Easter Island's Moai is SOLVED: Giant stone monoliths helped food grow on the land by replenishing the soil with nutrients

Mystery of Easter Island's Moai is SOLVED

More Than 140 Nazca Lines Are Discovered in Peruvian Desert

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

More Than 140 Nazca Lines Are Discovered in Peruvian Desert

A team of Japanese researchers combined on-the-ground archaeology with modern technology, including artificial intelligence, to identify the 2,000-...
Posted in Nazca, Peru, Pre-Colombian

Tutankhamen head fetches millions at UK auction despite Egypt's protests

by Giuseppe Delvecchio
A brown quartzite head of young king Tutankhamen sold at auction in London for more than 4.7 million pounds on Thursday, in the face of Egyptian de...
Posted in Ancient Egyptians, Antiquities, Egyptian, King Tut, Marble

Greek Archaeologists Make Major Discovery at Battle of Salamis Site

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Greek Archaeologists Make Major Discovery at Battle of Salamis Site

Marine archaeologists are announcing that they have discovered underwater artifacts at the site of a building where the naval battle of Salamis was...
Posted in Antiquities, Collecting, Greek, Marble, Roman

ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT POMPEII DISCOVER A FAST FOOD BUSINESS PRESERVED IN RUINS OF ANCIENT ROMAN CITY DESTROYED BY VOLCANO

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT POMPEII DISCOVER A FAST FOOD BUSINESS PRESERVED IN RUINS OF ANCIENT ROMAN CITY DESTROYED BY VOLCANO

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient snack bar (fast food style business) in the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii. The counter’s colorful fr...
Posted in Frescoes, Pompeii, pottery, Roman, Vesuvius

Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Etruscan tomb in Corsica may yield secrets on civilization's decline

French archaeologists have unearthed an Etruscan tomb containing a skeleton and dozens of artifacts in Corsica, a rare discovery that could shed ne...
Posted in Etruscan, pottery, Roman

Riddle of Ancient Egyptian Statues' Broken Noses Revealed

by Giuseppe Delvecchio

Riddle of Ancient Egyptian Statues' Broken Noses Revealed

An antiquarian revealed this week why so many Ancient Egyptian relics had their noses broken off.Curator Edward Bleiberg, in charge of Ancient Egyp...
Posted in Ancient Egyptians, Egyptian