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Complete quern stone found beneath Roman villa at Rossett, near Wrexham
A complete quern stone from a layer that pre-dates the stone villa at Rossett shows the site has a longer history, the dig team says.
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Troy's "Oldest Agora": Excavators Say a Bronze Age Market Was Revived After the City Was Abandoned
Excavators at Troy say they are uncovering an agora in front of the Troy VI south gate. They say settlers revived it 80 to 90 years after the Bronze Age city was abandoned, and named their town Ilios/Ilion.
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Etruscan Tomb of the Stone Chamber found at Vulci, in a mound never fully excavated since 1889
A 2026 dig at Vulci's Polledrara necropolis has uncovered a monumental late seventh-century BC tomb inside a mound first identified in 1889. Its chambers held a banquet service, weapons and chariot parts.
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Hittite state archive at Kayalıpınar reaches 184 tablets, Turkey's heritage directorate says
Turkey's heritage directorate says excavations at Kayalıpınar (Šamuḫa) in Sivas have brought a Hittite state archive to 184 tablets, including records of a child-killing epidemic and a baby princess.
9 Oct 2026News
Roman marching camp found at Šurany, Slovakia, with skeletons in its ditches and wells
Archaeologists at Šurany, Slovakia, report a Roman marching camp from the Marcomannic Wars era. It has five gates, a clavicula, military kit and many human remains, and its excavators still have basic questions about the dead.
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Adrasan Shipwreck Yields 122 Forms of Tableware, and a Link to Cicero's Letters
Türkiye's culture minister says a wreck off Adrasan has yielded thousands of ceramics, among them 122 forms of tableware tied to Rhosus, a ware Cicero wrote about in 50 BC.
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Bronze Signet Ring Showing the Lighthouse of Alexandria Found on Submerged Royal Island
Underwater excavators on the submerged Royal Island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's eastern port report a bronze signet ring showing the city's lighthouse, which they describe as the first of its kind known.
9 Oct 2026News
Twenty Anglo-Saxon Coins Found Near the Vatican Point to Rome's English Quarter
Archaeologists digging beside the Vatican found 20 Anglo-Saxon coins. Researchers from Cambridge and the University of the Basque Country say they are the first material evidence of Rome's English quarter, and hint at special treatment for English visitors.
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