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#excavation — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #excavation, aggregated by home.social.

  1. ‘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
    europesays.com/italy/46579/

  2. And their names: ΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΙN (Emerald) 🐈and ΩΚΕΑΝΟC (Ocean)! 🐕🐾🏛️

    Details from a 1,800-year-old mosaic discovered in Adramyttium (Αδραμύττιοv/ Edremit‎‎/ pleiades.stoa.org/places/550403) bring to light precious insights into the life of its different inhabitants and their close connection.

    hispanatolia.com/en/roman-vill

    #Art #Archaeology #Antiquity #Mosaics #Animalia #Academic #PleiadesGazetteer #GrecoRoman #Adramyttium #Excavation #Apotropaic #RomanVilla #Mediterranean #Histodons #MuratÖgzen #Hellenistic

  3. 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 more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  4. 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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    popularmechanics.com/science/a <-- shared technical article
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    dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/a <-- 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