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Royal tomb unearthed in Gordion could belong to King Midas' family

3 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Gordion was the capital city of Phrygia, situated at the modern-day site of Yassıhüyük, Turkey. The most famous king of Phrygia was Midas, who reigned during the Middle Phrygian period at Gordion. There are many, often contradictory, legends about King Midas, but the most famous is the story of the “Midas Touch.” According to the myth, the god Dionysus granted Midas a wish, and he asked that everything he touched be turned to gold.
Bronze Age tombs reveal wealth from ancient trade

4 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Dromolaxia-Vyzakia/Hala Sultan Tekke (abbreviated HST), was a Late Cypriot harbour city that flourished along the western shore of the Larnaka Salt Lake. The city emerged around AD 1630 and continued to thrive until the Bronze Age collapse in the 12th century BC. In a recent excavation led by Professor Peter M. Fischer from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), archaeologists uncovered three Bronze Age tombs (labelled ZZ, ABE, and ABW) dated to the 14th century BC.
Dolphin mosaic discovery is part of an expansive Roman villa complex

5 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The villa overlooked the ancient city of Ovilava, a municipium in the Roman province of Noricum. Ovilava was elevated to colonia status and renamed Colonia Aurelia Antoniana Ovilabis, and later, it became the capital of the newly established province of Noricum Ripensis. Excavations began in 2023 and have so far uncovered over 1,000 square metres of the complex, along with three well-preserved mosaic floors.
Over 100 prehistoric structures found in Spanish cave

5 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The cave was first discovered in 1821, when an earthquake exposed the entrance that leads into a single-gallery cave approximately 500 metres deep. Cova Dones contains one of the largest collections of Palaeolithic rock art along the eastern Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, featuring over 100 paintings and engravings dating back approximately 24,000 years. These include at least 19 zoomorphic representations of animals, such as horses, hinds (female red deer), aurochs, and stags.
Viking-era treasure hoard among several significant discoveries in Täby

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Excavations found the remains of 34 buildings, a cemetery, as well as 1,450 associated artefacts. Among them, a large silver hoard consisting of ornate arm and neck rings, a silver amulet, beads, pearls, and coin pendants. The hoard was discovered in a ceramic pot, which also contained a fabric bag used to hold the coin pendants, grains, medicinal plants, and pearls. According to experts, the pendants were crafted from coins originating in Persia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Normandy and England.
Lost monuments of the “people of the cloud forest” unearthed at Gran Pajatén

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gran Pajatén is associated with the Chachapoya civilisation, often referred to as the “people of the cloud forest”. The Chachapoya culture constructed sophisticated urban centres, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and agricultural terraces in the cloud forests of the southern part of the Department of Amazonas of present-day Peru.
Experts explain the cultural origin of the mysterious deformed skull

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The discovery quickly went viral on the nation’s social media, sparking speculation that the remains belonged to a new type of species or group of archaic humans. Some sensationalist local media even suggested it could be so-called “antmen.”The skull was found deposited in a funerary urn, alongside a second urn that also contained skeletal remains.
1,600-year-old Byzantine mosaic unveiled for the first time

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Known as the Be’er Shema (Birsama) mosaic, it consists of 55 intricately decorated medallions that depict mythological figures, animals, hunting scenes, and everyday life. Originally part of a large monastery that sustained itself through wine production, the site also contained a large winepress and storage facilities. According to experts, the mosaic dates from around AD 324-638 when the region was part of Palaestina Secunda or Palaestina II, a province of the Byzantine Empire.
Over 1,200 archaeological sites identified in the Bayuda Desert

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The project, involving the University of Wrocław, the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, and the Archaeological Museum in Gdańsk, have conducted extensive field research over the past 6 years. At the desert’s heart near Jebel El-Muwelha, the researchers found a salty palaeolake that once yielded Natron, a naturally occurring Carbonate mineral used in ancient times for mummification and the production of glass and ceramics.
5,000-year-old fire altar discovery at oldest centre of civilisation in the Americas

2 weeks ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Era de Pando is located in the Supe valley of Peru, northwest of the Sacred City of Caral-Supe, and part of the wider Caral Archaeological Zone. The site is associated with the Caral–Supe civilisation, a Pre-Columbian era society that emerged long before the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt and predating the rise of the Olmecs by nearly two millennia.