A massive boundary stone marking the city limits of ancient Rome in the 1st century AD was discovered near the mausoleum of Augustus during construction work.
“The monumental entrance gate of the Zeus Temple’s sanctuary in the ancient city of Aizanoi, located in the Çavdarhisar district of western Kütahya province, Turkey, was unearthed during recent excavations.”
The latest discovery from the submerged ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion are fruit baskets from the 4th century BC.
Egypt moved the 4,600-year-old solar boat of Pharaoh Khufu from its old home near the Great Pyramid to the soon-to-open Grand Egyptian Museum.
A new study concludes a tablet from the Old Babylonian period is the oldest example of applied geometry.
17,000 looted artifacts were returned to Iraq from the Museum of the Bible and Cornell University.
A 3-min clip from a BBC documentary on the Persians focuses on the ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil, one of the best preserved ancient ziggurats.
Zoom lecture on August 11: “From Sanctuary to Synagogue,” by Robert Stieglitz.
On pre-publication sale at Logos: Biblical Illustrator Treasury
HT: Agade, Ted Weis, Arne Halbakken, Charles Savelle, Andy Cook, Roger Schmidgall, Explorator
