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Rare snake-headed vessel links rural Spain to an obscure Roman cult
A rare ceramic vessel found at a Roman villa in northeastern Spain suggests the private cult of the eastern god Sabazios reached rural communities during the reign of Augustus. Researchers from the University of Girona studied several fragments from the Roman villa of Collet, located above the Bay of Palamós...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/snake-headed-vessel-spain-obscure-roman-cult/
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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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Roman Villa excavations in a field nearby (packs of students busy here all summer)
I'm constantly surprised at *how many* Roman buildings there are around here. Still a remote, sparsely populated mountain 2000 yrs later.
Maybe Romans wanted to retire up here, like my parents did?
Or are these their summer houses? (All the city people flee up here in August, to escape from Temperature)
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Roman-era building with colorful mosaics and frescoes found beneath Rome’s Villa Celimontana
Archaeologists have uncovered an Imperial-era building with rich mosaics, frescoes, and marble decorations beneath Rome’s Villa Celimontana. The find came during work to stabilize the park’s historic retaining wall...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/roman-era-building-beneath-villa-celimontana/
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Ancient Roman villa found beneath high school gym near the Colosseum
For years, students at a high school near Rome’s Colosseum shared stories about hidden rooms beneath their gymnasium. What began as rumors eventually led to the identification of a well-preserved Roman villa dating to the mid-second century CE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roman-villa-found-beneath-high-school/
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Oldest structure at Hadrian’s Villa uncovered beneath imperial palace complex
Archaeologists working at Hadrian’s Villa near Rome have uncovered an underground structure dating to the Republican period, a find that could represent the oldest known construction ever identified within the vast imperial complex....
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/oldest-structure-at-hadrians-villa/
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Roman villa with mosaics and marble statue found near estate linked to Hadrian and Antoninus Pius
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Roman villa dating to the imperial period. The find emerged at Castel di Guido, an agricultural estate west of Rome, after authorities moved quickly to stop unauthorized excavations at the site...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/roman-villa-with-mosaics-antoninus-pius/
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Rare Roman villa threatened by farming damage reveals rare mosaic and bathhouse remains in Devon
Archaeologists have launched a five-year excavation project at a Roman villa site near Halberton in Devon, where decades of plowing have damaged buried remains and raised concerns about further loss of archaeological evidence...More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/roman-villa-threatened-by-farming-damage-in-devon/
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A Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’.
Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an “amazing discovery” which they say has the potential to be “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”.
The villa lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
#Archaeology #Wales #RomanVilla #PortTalbot #Romans #History #UK
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Lavish Roman villa with rare fish pond and frescoes unearthed in ancient Tripolis, Turkey
Archaeologists have unearthed a stunningly well-preserved Roman villa in the city of Tripolis near Denizli in western Turkey. The discovery includes rich frescoes and a rare decorative fish pond, hinting at the luxurious lifestyles of the city’s elite nearly 1,600 years ago...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/roman-villa-with-rare-fish-pond-tripolis/
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Ancient Roman villa emerges from Lake Fusaro in Italy
A remarkable finding has emerged in Italy, where the remains of a luxurious Roman villa have arisen from the waters of Lake Fusaro, which is near Naples. This phenomenon has been attributed to bradyseism, which is a geological process brought about by the movements of magma or hydrothermal fluids beneath the Earth’s surface...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/roman-villa-emerges-from-lake-fusaro/
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Roman Milestones 🔎
Dedicated to the Emperor Decius (249–51).
Likely salvaged from the nearby Roman road and re-used as a step, since the face is unweathered but the back is worn.
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Rockbourne Roman Villa
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Finally starting watching new Time Team tonight. It’s a choice between a dig about a Cornish fogou or a Roman villa. Going for the Romans first. https://youtu.be/vYCRaztndtk
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Fascinating archaeology. Rutland Roman Villa.
https://historicengland.org.uk/research/current/discover-and-understand/landscapes/investigations-at-rutland-roman-villa/
#archaeology #rutland #UniversityOfLeicester #ulas #RomanVilla