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Roman coin hoard among largest discovered in Romania

3 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The discovery was made by Bebe Mangeac while surveying a field, when a strong signal from his metal detector led him to a vast trove of Roman-era silver coins. Mr Mangeac contacted local authorities at the Letţa Veche City Hall, where police attended the transfer of the hoard and recorded the location of the discovery site to secure for further archaeological investigations.
Study reveals vast Aztec trade networks

3 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass that forms when lava cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. The glass can break to form very sharp edges, making it an ideal material for crafting blades, arrowheads, and ceremonial objects by various Mesoamerican cultures.
Archaeologists begin exploration of recently discovered Roman town

4 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

East Park Energy is a solar farm and energy storage project, part of the UK’s transition to reach Net Zero through renewable energy. The town was identified following a study using aerial photography and geophysical surveys, revealing extensive streets and buildings of a highly organised Roman settlement extending over 31 hectares. The curvilinear plan-form of the town suggests it started as a pre-Roman settlement that was latter Romanised, but this hypothesis needs further evidence to confirm.
Rare find offers new insights into ancient Dacian quarrying

6 days ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Măgura Călanului is a quarry site used in ancient times for the extraction of soft, fine-grained limestone – an ideal material for construction and decorative stonework. The site covers an area of more than 30 hectares and features dozens of quarry faces up to 8 metres in height, in addition to numerous semi-finished stone blocks and large amounts of debris scattered throughout the forested area.
Buried Buddhist treasures found in temple complex

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Wat Thammachak Sema Ram, also known as Wat Dhammachaksemaram, has served as a major Buddhist site since the Dvaravati state period, a Buddhist kingdom from the 6th to the 11th century AD. Among the temple’s most important monuments is a reclining Buddha statue, believed to have been created around AD 657 during the reign of Ramaraj, king of Ramburi (possibly the Ayodhyapura archaeological site).
Archaeologists finally gain access to a mystery chamber beneath Galician Castle

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Galician Castle, also known as Starasta Castle, is a partially reconstructed fortress located in the city of Halych in western Ukraine. The castle was originally founded in the 12th century as a wooden fortification built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Dniester River. In the mid-14th century, it was rebuilt in stone by Casimir III the Great, and later, in the early 17th century, it was redesigned by architect Francisco Corazzini.
11th-century silver hoard unearthed in Saxony-Anhalt

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

The coins were found at a depth of 35 centimetres in an area being prepared for tree planting east of the Elbe River. Due to the region being well known to local heritage enthusiasts and detectorist groups, the project was attended by volunteers from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt, who discovered the glint of silver during a fieldwalking inspection.
Prehistoric jewellery made from dog teeth discovered in Saxony-Anhalt

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

In advance of the construction of a pipeline between the towns of Gleina (Burgenlandkreis) and Mücheln (Saalekreis), archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered three successive settlements along with traces of numerous burial mounds. According to the researchers, there appears to be no clear connection between the three settlements which date to the Late Neolithic period of the 3rd millennium BC.
Major study transforms understanding of Roman Augusta Raurica

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Augusta Raurica, formerly Rauracorum, was a colonia founded around the mid-1st century BC in the vicinity of a local Gallic tribe, the Rauraci. At its peak during the 2nd century AD, the city was a prosperous trading centre and an administrative capital for the region. Previous excavations have identified many major public buildings, including an amphitheatre, a forum, several temples, public baths, and the largest known Roman theatre north of the Alps.
Traces of colossal statues among rediscovered Apollo Sanctuary

1 week ago | heritagedaily.com | Mark Milligan

Dedicated to Apollo, the sanctuary is in the Frangissa Valley of Cyprus near the ancient city-kingdom of Tamassos, one of the ten kingdoms of Cyprus. Since 2021, archaeologists from the Universities of Frankfurt and Kiel/Würzburg have been trying to determine the location of the 1885 excavation which was backfilled upon completion. The sanctuary was rediscovered in 2024 near the village of Pera Orinis, with recent excavations revealing structural foundations and a dedication courtyard.