Lebanon

Only a couple of months ago CWA published Dominic Perring’s optimistic feature on Beirut’s archaeology. It was about the 12 year programme of…

Beirut, Excavating the Souks

Digging the markets of Beirut: a report by Dominic Perring on 12 years' work in Lebanon's capital…

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Tomb of a wealthy Pompeiian uncovered
The sealed funerary chamber ensured the preservation of the remains buried in the tomb, including some hair as well as a skeleton.
Sacred sites in Tyre
The investigations targeted the acropolis of the city, which was occupied from the Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC).
Reworked battlefield finds in Mississippi
Military items – like a cannonball, lead shot, apparent pieces of a sword, and a ramrod tip, which were rarely traded – were found at the site complex of Stark Farms
John Dee’s ‘magic mirror’ has Aztec origins, study confirms
Dee used the polished mirror as a scryer to try to commune with spirits.