Archaeologists have discovered a luxurious pleasure barge from the Ptolemaic era in the harbor of Alexandria.
A 20-year renovation project of the Colossi of Memnon has been completed. These two giant alabaster statutes in Luxor depict Amenhotep III.
“Italian authorities said on Friday they had arrested 34 ‘tomb raiders’ suspected of looting treasures from archaeological sites in Sicily and the neighboring region of Calabria.”
The NY Times writes about the contribution of Itiner-e, the new dataset of all roads in the Roman empire (gift link).
A rainstorm turned waters draining into the Persian Gulf blood red.
BAS Dig Scholarship winners share their experiences excavating at el-Araj (Bethsaida), Azekah, Antiochia ad Cragum, Iklaina, Sanisera, and Keros.
A three-month exhibition entitled “Nefertari: Reviving the Beauty of the Most Beautiful: The Tomb and Its Story” is on display at the (old) Egyptian Museum.
New release: Persia’s Greek Campaigns: Kingship, War, and Spectacle on the Achaemenid Frontier, by John O. Hyland (Oxford University Press, $140; Amazon)
All nine volumes of Die Bibel in der Kunst | Bible in the Arts are available online. Some of the articles are in English.
“The Guardian of Amphipolis” is a 15-minute documentary about the kid who discovered the famous tomb of Amphipolis and spent his life protecting archaeological treasures in the area.
On Digging for Truth, Bryan Windle examines the evidence for the claim that the Christmas holiday has pagan roots. If you prefer a text version, you can find that here.
HT: Agade, Alexander Schick, Ted Weis, Explorator