A research team using magnetometry has identified five monumental buildings within the city walls of Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital of Sargon II. To avoid attracting unwanted attention, they chose not to use a drone and instead each team member walked 13 miles every day for seven days.
A Phoenician shipwreck dating to 600 BC has been discovered off the coast of Spain.
“Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a limestone sarcophagus in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Demre, Antalya, which they believe could be linked to Saint Nicholas himself, known worldwide as Santa Claus.”
More than 100 ancient artifacts were discovered in a hidden basement area during eviction proceedings in Athens.
Michael Denis Higgins believes that the Colossus of Rhodes was ultimately destroyed not in 226 BC but in AD 142, after several reconstructions.
“The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the Ohio State University and the Digital Lab for Ancient Textual Objects is excited to announce the launch of the Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia 2.0.” They have also released a video tutorial.
“Plauen is commemorating the biblical scholar and theologian Konstantin von Tischendorf (1815-1874) with an exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of his death.”
New release: Egyptian Things: Translating Egypt to Early Imperial Rome, by Edward William Kelting (University of California Press, open access)
ASOR has posted a recap of its annual meeting.
The collapse of the Syrian government has led to concerns about Jewish archaeological heritage in the country.
Rami Chris Robbins explains the Jewish connection to Rome’s Colosseum.
Carl Rasmussen reports on his recent visit to an impressive Roman thermal spa in northern Turkey.
HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Alexander Schick, Arne Halbakken, Ted Weis
