Recently discovered tomb of official dating back more than 2,000 years contains dozens of animals and two mummies Dozens of mummified mice were among the animals found in an ancient Egyptian tomb that was unveiled on Friday. The well-preserved and finely painted tomb near the Egyptian town of Sohag – a desert area near the […]
Ashmolean Museum’s Pompeii exhibition includes food carbonised by eruption in AD79 Fattened up with acorns and chestnuts to the size of a cricket ball and then stuffed, baked and perhaps seasoned with honey and poppy seeds, the dormouse was one of ancient Rome’s most popular delicacies. The Romans also adored dishes such as rabbit stuffed […]
Experts hope to recover memories of site when it was first excavated 60 years ago to help reconstruct it accurately Archaeologists working on an ancient Roman site in the centre of London are calling on members of the public to share their memories, memorabilia and photographs of the site when it was first excavated 60 years ago. […]
Cracked shells released overpowering ‘potent stench’ Archaeologists accidentally broke three Roman eggs that had been going off for 1,700 years. The excavators unearthed a basket of four chickens’ eggs in a waterlogged pit during a dig in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Three of the eggs cracked, releasing an overpowering “potent stench”, however the team managed to preserve the fourth […]
Adana Anavarza Ancient City, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List and attracts attention with its magnificent entrance gate, castle, theater and walls, is at the center of the attention of tourists. Anavarza Antique City, located in Adana Kozan Dilekkaya and known as tarih invincible city tarih in history, hosts important cultural […]
When the sun is high in the sky, the darkness of Piscina Mirabilis in Bacoli in the province of Naples is pierced by the cross-light knives that resemble a magnificent secret cathedral that makes the Roman cistern built during the Augustus period. it is invisible from the outside. Heavy rain falls from a height […]
