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(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN — A team of scholars involved in the North-Eastern Petra Project (NEPP) investigated for the first time a whole quarter of the ancient city and not merely a single building. The idea was to identify remaining structures and their interrelations, said Marco Dehner, a German scholar who completed his studies in archaeology and ancient history at Berlin's Humboldt University.

'A first hypothesis deals with the idea that this area, indeed, could have been served as a sort of palatial complex or Basileia,' said Dehner, adding that the results show that this area, between the Wadi Musa in the south, Wadi Mataha to the west and north and the Al Khubta massive to the east, is a unique accumulation of buildings and structures of very high standard in Petra, which are somehow separated from the rest of the city centre.

According to Dehner, the most important artefacts documented during the investigations were architectural elements of high quality from the identified structures.

'Those findings seem to confirm a first building phase in the end of the 1st century BC and the beginning of the 1st century AD. The project was mainly undertaken as a survey, no more special finds could be recorded so far,' he added.

“A team of archaeologists — led by Yale Egyptologist John Darnell — has uncovered a “lost oasis” of archaeological activity in the eastern Egyptian desert of Elkab.”

“The researchers from the Elkab Desert Survey Project — a joint mission of Yale and the Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels working in collaboration with the Ministry of Antiquities and the Inspectorate of Edfu — surveyed the area of Bir Umm Tineidba, once thought to be devoid of any major archaeological remains. Instead, the team unearthed “a wealth of archaeological and epigraphic material,” says Darnell, including a number of examples of ancient rock art or “graffiti,” the burial site of an Egyptian woman, and a previously unrecorded, enigmatic Late Roman settlement.”

“Supported by the Sabancı Foundation along with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, some new excavation works will be started at the ancient city of Metropolis in the Torbalı district of İzmir province tomorrow.”

“According to the statement by Sabancı Foundation, the field works of the international archaeological project, where many Turkish and foreign scientists from different universities will participate, will be conducted under the presidency of professor Dr. Serdar Aybek, the head of Department of Archaeology at Manisa Celal Bayar University.”

Opening of The Nymphaeum of Quintus Mutius to the public in the town of Segni. Considerations and preservation for future research. This monumental fountain has played a pivotal role since its discovery and first publication in 1995. Due to an excavation, restoration and conservation project, between the British School at Rome in partnership with the Comune di Segni, much has happened.  

The nymphaeum is located within an area of ca. 3,800 square meters. The archaeological site is now part of the cultural heritage to visit in the town of Segni, the Porta Saracena, the Temple complex of Juno Moneta and the monumental polygonal walls.   

  To get to know about this Roman monument reads on the full article here:   >  The Segni’s Archaeological Project   

Stunning Maya sculpture unearthed from buried pyramid

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Maya archaeologists report a stunning discovery, a well-preserved stucco sculpture outside a buried tomb depicting the crowning of a Maya ruler. An international archaeology team on Wednesday reported the discovery of a “stunning” stucco wall sculpture, its colors intact, unearthed…

Maya archaeologists report a…