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News on the Antiquities

Alexander the Great: has he been found?

Human remains of a woman, a newborn baby and two men were found earlier at the newly found archaeological site of Amphipoles...

20 January 2015 by Jan Huisman

Tomb discovered of a fifth dynasty Egyptian queen

Czech archaeologists have discovered the tomb in Egypt of an unknown queen: Chentkaus III...

04 January 2015 by Jan Huisman

Golden jewellery found on a New Kingdom mummy

Archaeologists found a mummy while cleaning a Middle Kingdom (2000 BC – 17000 BC) burial site on Luxor’s west bank...

03 December 2014 by Jan Huisman

Archaeologists unearth an unknown Roman god

Unknown Roman god (photo: Peter Jülich) A Roman sanctuary is found in an ancient temple in the southeast of Turkey with a depiction of a mysterious and unknown Roman god in it...

26 November 2014 by Jan Huisman

History’s most unexpected veggies? The bloodthirsty Roman gladiators

Roman gladiators were vegetarians

According to popular belief, meat eaters are more aggressive and energetic than vegetarians ...

09 November 2014 by Jan Huisman

Celtic chariot (300 BC) discovered near Leicestershire

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester dug up the remains of a decorated Iron Age chariot...

15 October 2014 by Jan Huisman

Beautiful tomb from Alexander’s age revealed

  The discovery of an ancient tomb near Amphipolis in the Northern part of Greece earlier this year made the headlines worldwide (DisputedPast reported)...

13 October 2014 by Jan Huisman

Greek archaeologists find a tomb from Alexander’s age

Archaeologists from the Greek city of Amphipolis have found an ancient tomb that dates from the late reign of Alexander the Great or the early Hellenistic period, somewhere between 350 and 300 BC...

12 August 2014 by Jan Huisman
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