“Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered 18 ancient tombs, a granite sarcophagus and dozens of rare burial objects at Marina El Alamein, offering new insight into the city’s role as a cultural crossroads between ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean world.”
“Egypt has uncovered only about 30% of its archaeological heritage, with vast historic treasures from successive civilizations still buried beneath its soil, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Hisham El-Leithy said.”
Yale News reports on Eckart Frahm’s discovery of three previously unknown Assyrian kings.
“Bronze Age rulers in Greece prized rings made from meteorite iron, wearing them as symbols of power, according to new research.”
The House of Charred Furniture at Herculaneum is open to visitors after thirty years of closure.
Lauren McCormick provides an intro to a new article in BAR that observes that “the homes in which Paul and other early Christians worshiped were already shaped by generations of religious practice.”
New release: Assyria’s Plunder: From Ancient Empire to Modern Loot, by Jessie DeGrado (University Press of Colorado, $105, open-access)
The latest issue of The Journal of the Ancient Near East Society is available online.
The Institute of Biblical Culture has announced the final three of six installments of the Dr. David Marcus Book Giveaway. The books are being given away free of charge, plus shipping and handling.
Leon Maudlin posts a photo of the temple to Emperor Augustus at Ankara (ancient Ancyra).
Aren Maeir gives his quick reaction to the archaeological reliability of the movie “The Odyssey.”
HT: Agade, Explorator