Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece, Rome and Persia

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/28/roman-bathers-gems-carved-stones-archaeologists-hadrians-wall

‘Incredible’ Roman bathers’ gems lost 2,000 years ago found near Hadrian’s Wall Intricately carved stones that fell down drain at ancient pool uncovered by archaeologists in Carlisle

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-archaeology-discoveries-2022/index.html

15 extraordinary discoveries of 2022 The most remarkable art and archaeology discoveries of the year include a hidden Van Gogh self-portrait, the largest pink diamond found in centuries, and a tunnel network that could lead to Cleopatra's long-long tomb.

https://news-artnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-tunnel-cleopatra-tomb-2205456/amp-page?amp_js_v=0.1 =1&cap=swipe

An Ancient Tunnel Discovered Beneath an Egyptian Temple May Lead to Cleopatra's Tomb, Archaeologists Say | Artnet News Archaeologists have discovered a rock-cut tunnel beneath Egypt's ancient Taposiris Magna Temple—and it may lead to the lost tomb of Cleopatra.

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From the Archives: Excavations on Kuwait’s Failaka Island have unearthed previously unknown early Mesopotamian sites.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/79-1303/features/537-kuwait-failaka-island-ur-gulf-war

Courtesy Flemming Højlund, Kuwaiti-Danish Mission)

https://www.axios.com/2022/09/02/new-york-investigators-artifacts-met-13-million

New York investigators seize over $13 million worth of artifacts from Metropolitan Museum of Art Twenty-one of the allegedly looted relics will be returned to Italy and six to Egypt.

How a friar, a splinter of wood and 'beer archaeology' were key to resurrecting one of the world's oldest brews A 400-year-old yeast discovered by a bioengineer is said to be the secret behind unlocking a beer recipe dating back to the 1500s.

A World Tour of Amazing Arches Check out the list here.

Erosion near the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk in southern Iraq exposed the remains of a 23-foot-long boat that sank some 4,000 years ago.

archaeology.org/issues/474-2207/digs/10607-digs-iraq-sumerian-boat

(German Archaeological Institute/Mayssoun Issa)

In this issue’s Around the World: On the acropolis of Barikot in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, archaeologists discovered a 2nd-century B.C. Buddhist temple, one of the oldest known in the world.

archaeology.org/issues/467-2205/world/10502-atw-pakistan

(The Italian Archeological Mission in Pakistan ISMEO/CA' Università Ca’Foscari)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/pompeii-victim-genome-successfully-sequenced-first-time

Pompeii victim’s genome successfully sequenced for first time Scientists say man shares similarities with modern Italians and others who lived in region during Roman empire