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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-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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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