#excavation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #excavation, aggregated by home.social.
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‘Painted City’ fresco opens to public at Baths of Trajan in Rome
Authorities on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome:…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Rome #AncientRome #bathsoftrajan #Excavation #fresco #mosaics #PaintedCity
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And their names: ΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΙN (Emerald) 🐈and ΩΚΕΑΝΟC (Ocean)! 🐕🐾🏛️
Details from a 1,800-year-old mosaic discovered in Adramyttium (Αδραμύττιοv/ Edremit/ https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550403) bring to light precious insights into the life of its different inhabitants and their close connection.
https://hispanatolia.com/en/roman-villa-with-mosaics-discovered-in-the-ruins-of-adramytteion-turkey/
#Art #Archaeology #Antiquity #Mosaics #Animalia #Academic #PleiadesGazetteer #GrecoRoman #Adramyttium #Excavation #Apotropaic #RomanVilla #Mediterranean #Histodons #MuratÖgzen #Hellenistic
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering . . . . . Putin no longer holds upper hand in war . . . . . Russian fuel depot of 'national importance' struck in Udmurt Republic . . . . . Ukraine brought back almost 50 children from Russian-occupied territory in July . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-29-2026/
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Researchers Used A 1,500-Year-Old Map To Find A Lost City - Excavators Determined Tharais Was A Religious Hub Of The Byzantine Empire
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64978262/tharais-byzantine-lost-city/ <-- shared technical article
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https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4243913 <-- shared paper
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“ • Researchers recently found one of the many lost Holy Land cities in Jordan.
• The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site.
• Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub…”
#map #mapping #ancientmap #ancienthistory #Tharais #HolyLand #Jordan #surveys #MadabaMosaicMap #geography #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #city #archaeology #Byzantine #urban #settlement #Karak #excavation #MiddleEast #desert -
“It just felt very American. Great beauty and great stories. And also, great tragedy.”
Kori Suzuki for High Country News: https://longreads.com/2025/04/07/the-murder-the-museum-and-the-monument/
#Longreads #JapaneseAmericans #History #WorldWarII #InternmentCamp #Excavation #Archaeology