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In 2020, a farmer’s son dug into an English field after finding broken pottery; he uncovered a rare Roman mosaic depicting the Trojan WarPottery fragments in an English field led to a significant Roman mosaic discovery. This artwork depicts scenes from the Trojan War, a first...- In 2022, a Palestinian farmer dug a hole for an Olive tree; he uncovered an elaborate Byzantine mosaic filled with animals and colourWhile planting an olive tree in Gaza, a farmer and his son stumbled upon a stunning archaeological treasure. Their digging revealed an orna...
- In the 2nd century CE, Romans built a mysterious structure near the Colosseum decorated with sea creatures. Nearly 2,000 years later, its mosaic offered a surprising clue that it may have housed Rome's firefightersBeneath the ancient soil of Rome’s Caelian Hill, just steps from the iconic Colosseum, archaeologists stumbled upon a stunning two-thousand...
- Colourful mosaic, bathhouse, luxury artifacts: 1600-year-old Roman villa discovered beneath English farmlandArchaeologists discovered an elaborate Roman villa beneath farmland in southwest England. The site revealed a well-preserved polychrome mos...
- Italian teenagers discover a 1,800-year-old Roman luxury villa hiding beneath their high school gymCurious students in Rome uncovered a stunning 1,800-year-old Roman villa under their school gym. Archaeologists confirmed the find, reveali...
- A farmer son’s routine field dig led to strange patterns, which are rewriting what experts knew about Roman BritainArchaeologists in Rutland, England, unearthed a rare Roman mosaic. This discovery challenges previous ideas about Roman Britain's decline. ...
- What Was Hidden Beneath a Turkish Farmer’s Field: How a 1,700-Year-Old Roman Bathhouse Appeared in Eastern AnatoliaA farmer in Salkaya, Turkey, unearthed patterned stones in 2023, leading to the discovery of a 1,700-year-old Roman bathhouse. Archaeologis...
- France's ‘Little Louvre’ museum reopens to visitors after 14 yearsBayonne's Bonnat-Helleu Museum, nicknamed the "Little Louvre," has reopened after a 14-year renovation, doubling its exhibition space and m...
- 2,000-yr-old Roman home with a magnificent mosaic unearthedThe building, which dates to between the second half of the 2nd century BC and the end of the 1st century BC, is "an authentic treasure", C...
- Palestinian farmer discovers Byzantine floor mosaic while trying to plant treesThe flooring included several mosaic panels depicting animals and other features of social life during the Byzantine era.
- An art sleuth from Chennai is taking on traffickers in a $10 billion black marketWith encyclopedic command of the material, Kumar hunts for distinguishing marks on antiques, matching archival photographs with offerings i...
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