#CaesarArchaeoNews
April 2025: Possible identification of long buried #RomanCanal #FossaeMarianae between #Fos & #Arles (#France) built by #Caesar uncle #CMarius, 46 in #CivilWar #Caesar gave it & its harbour & revenue to #Arles as #Caesar new colony!
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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March 2025: Presented conclusions of excavations in #AncientRome town #InteramnaLirenas (near #Cassino): visited by #Caesar 46BC with its roadsNetwork helped him against #Pompey got #CaesarPatronage: only 3 other towns received that!
cam.ac.uk/stories/inte...
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February 2025: #HellenisticEraCult Area was discovered in #Italy at #PertosaAulettaCave under navigable underground river: the religious area was used from 4th to 1st BC (#CaesarEra), among the artifacts an #IncenseBurner & a #Scalpel!
labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/02/a...
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April 2025: #JournalArchaeologicalScience Paper:
#Spain #SkullNailCelticRitual #BeforeChristEra: analysis have confirmed accounts from #GreekRomanWriters about cult of severed head: mostly #NotLocal skulls nailed exteriors or interiors!
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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February 2025: @CambridgeUP
published results of analysis #Svingerud burial field in #Hole #Norway:
RCarbDating elements from 50BC (#Caesar still in Gaul with some BritishAllies) to 275 AD! Runes deemed of #EtruscanOrigin from merchants!
cambridge.org/core/journal...
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January 2025: Discovered in 2023 in Bunnik (Amsterdam), a mixed hoard of Roman & CelticBritish (#KingCunobelline mainly) ca404 Coins is now part of #NationalMuseumOfAntiquitiesOfTheNetherlands!
There's at least 1 coin with #JuliusCaesar!
rmo.nl/en/exhibitio...
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Jan2025: Treasure Trove of 160 coins minted by controversial King/HighPriestOfJudea #AlexanderJannaeus (103-76BC #Sadducees supporter against #Pharisees) was found at road station to fortress #Alexandrion/#Sartaba in #JordanValley:
#date 80/79BC
before #Pompey occupation!
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Dec2024: excavations at #TaposirisMagna a hoard of ca. 300 coins has been found: dating #CleopatraVII kingdom 51-30 BC, with images of #CleopatraVII on coins! Among other pieces: 9 marble busts, #Hathor ring, scarab, 1 bust with possible likeness of #Cleopatra!
