Footprints Reveal Ancient Escape From Vesuvius—1,800 Years Before Pompeii’s Destruction
The Bronze Age footprints stand as a dark omen of the Roman-era disaster—one that clearly went unnoticed through centuries of ...
Archaeologists Found a Pile of Bronze Body Parts in an Ancient Statue Scrapyard
The three Rs—reuse, reduce, recycle—seem to have been a crucial part of the Late Antiquity period sculpture ecosystem. Among the ruins of the city of Metropolis, which is now Izmir, Turkey, ...
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Human Footprints from the Bronze Age Left by People Fleeing a Vesuvian Eruption and Other Extraordinary Discoveries in Campania
The transition from the Roman period to Late Antiquity is reflected in a set of tombs found in the area. These graves, lined and covered with tuff slabs decorated with engravings, primarily contained ...
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Archaeologists discover 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in ancient Metropolis 'junkyard'
"With the abandonment of mythological beliefs and the transition to monotheistic religions in Late Antiquity, and the dominance of Christianity in the region, mythological and past period bronze ...
Popular Mechanics20d
Archaeologists Found a Pile of Bronze Body Parts in an Ancient Statue Scrapyard
The three Rs—reuse, reduce, recycle—seem to have been a crucial part of the Late Antiquity period sculpture ecosystem. Among the ruins of the city of Metropolis, which is now Izmir ...