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Roman Marble Bust Among 11,000 Stolen Artifacts Recovered in European Crackdown

May 5, 2023
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AMSTERDAM—A crackdown on international art trafficking has recovered 11,049 stolen artifacts, including ancient coins and books and a marble bust believed to represent the niece of a Roman emperor, European police force Europol said on Thursday. Sixty people were arrested in the raids across 14 European countries last year, part of so-called Operation Pandora launched…

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Under Lisbon’s Streets, Ancient Roman Galleries Tell Story of the Past

April 22, 2023
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LISBON—Twice a year, a hatch in a busy Lisbon street opens to reveal steps leading to one of the Portuguese capital’s most ancient sites: a 2,000-year-old Roman structure that still holds the buildings above it together. Dating back to the first century AD, the “cryptoportico” subterranean maze of tunnels and passageways was built by the…

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Archeologists Unearth Ancient Roman Statues From Bath Site Dating Back 2,300 Years in Tuscany

November 18, 2022
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Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered more than two dozen beautifully preserved bronze statues dating back to ancient Roman times in thermal baths in Tuscany, in what experts are hailing as a sensational find. “From the bottom of the pool at the lowest point of its monumental construction, 24 masterpieces of bronze statues between the 2nd…

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1,600-Year-Old Ancient Roman Goblet Shows Evidence of Nanotechnology That Causes Cup to Miraculously Change Color

November 4, 2022
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The Lycurgus Cup, as it is known due to its depiction of a scene involving King Lycurgus of Thrace, is a 1,600-year-old jade-green Roman chalice that changes color depending on the direction of the light falling upon it. The glass chalice had baffled scientists ever since its acquisition by the British Museum in the 1950s….

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Saltimbocca Alla Romana: The Irresistible Roman Dish That Will ‘Jump in Your Mouth’

June 10, 2022
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The literal translation of saltimbocca is “jump in the mouth”—yes, that is really what they do once the plate is placed in front of you. You’ll eat them in a single bite; they are irresistible. The simple dish of veal cutlets, prosciutto, and sage is believed to hail from Brescia, but now is a fixture…

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Goodwill Find in Texas Turns out to Be Ancient Roman Bust

May 9, 2022
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SAN ANTONIO—A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II. The bust, which art collector Laura Young found at Goodwill in 2018, once belonged in…

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Archeologists Uncover London’s Largest Roman Mosaic in 50 Years Near The Shard in the Heart of Downtown

March 22, 2022
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Piercing the soil in the heart of downtown London, a team of archaeologists uncovered Roman artwork from the ancient past, amidst the construction and community developments near The Shard. The city’s largest Roman mosaic found in 50 years was unearthed as part of a heritage conservation excavation by Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) archaeologists. The…

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Marine Archaeologists Pull Up Treasure From 2 Ancient Shipwrecks Containing Hundreds of 1,800-Year-Old Silver Coins

January 28, 2022
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A broken iron anchor, hundreds of years old, attests to a storm that foundered one of two ancient shipwrecks—from the mid-3rd and 14th centuries—which were discovered in the same location off the coast of Caesarea, Israel. Their antiquated cargos yielded nothing short of treasure preserved by the low-oxygen environment under the sea. While conducting an underwater…

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Officials Recover 1,900-Year-Old Roman Coins, Bronze Jug From Trunk of Suspicious Vehicle in Jerusalem

January 18, 2022
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What began as a routine pullover of a suspicious vehicle by police in Jerusalem turned into an archaeological discovery harking back over 1,900 years ago—inside the trunk of the vehicle, Lev HaBira detectives found a box containing ancient “battle spoils” captured from Roman soldiers by Jewish rebels during the Second Jewish Revolt. Inspectors from the…

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Archaeologists Uncover Roman Trading Town on England’s HS2 Route

January 11, 2022
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Archaeologists working on the HS2 route have discovered how an Iron Age village in Northamptonshire developed into a wealthy Roman trading town. Evidence found during a dig of the site near the village of Chipping Warden has shown how the settlement, believed to have been established in about 400 BC when it was made up…

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