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A Roman-era silver "toilet spoon" discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K. has been declared a "treasure" by experts.

Valentinas Avdejevas made the peculiar finding in 2020 while exploring Vale of Glamorgan, a county in Wales. He surrendered the metal artifact to the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Wales, a local authority that works directly with metal detectorists who have unearthed artifacts. The utensil is currently in the possession of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, according to a statement.

AN ANCIENT crucible used for smelting precious metals has been found on a construction site in Monmouth.

The bowl, made from hard clay, measures less than five centimetres across but local archaeologists believe it could be more than half-filled with gold.

"Apparently, it's a unique discovery," Stephen Clarke, of the Monmouth Archaeological Society. said. "A lot of crucibles have been found [in the UK] but not with silver or gold in an amount like this."

Hundreds of Roman-era medical instruments now being examined by scientists may come from one of the earliest known examples of a group medical practice, or at least a place where health care workers congregated to treat people.

Archaeologists in Switzerland have uncovered the ruins of a Roman-era amphitheater — possibly the youngest on record — where spectators likely watched gladiator fights and animal hunts with bated breath.

The oval-shaped amphitheater was built in an abandoned Roman quarry that had been in use until late antiquity. This clue, combined with the discovery of a coin dating to between A.D. 337 and 341 at the site, indicates that the amphitheater dates to the fourth century A.D., which would make it the youngest amphitheater in the Roman Empire, Jakob Baerlocher, an archaeologist at the site and head of excavations in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland, told Live Science.

Shortly after archaeologists unearthed a large Roman-era estate in the community of Eastfield, in the United Kingdom, vandals trespassed and damaged the ancient site, news sources report.

According to archaeologists at Historic England, the finding is "easily the most important Roman discovery of the last decade," The Guardian reported. News of its stateliness likely attracted the vandals, who brought metal detectors and trespassed on the site on the night of April 14. It's unclear if anything was taken, but parts of the fencing and land were damaged, local police said, as reported by the BBC.

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Cross-dressing child emperor inspires tale of Roman-era sex and scandal

British appearance artist Gareth Pugh — accepted for his sculptural and beginning artful — has advised over 60 apparel for the Eliogabalo opera at the Palais Garnier in Paris. A affecting account of sex, ability and greed, it launched the Paris opera division on September 16, the night afore Pugh s Spring-Summer 2017 appearance appearance in London. While the links amid opera and appearance may not anon be clear, Pugh has managed to seamlessly affix the two, application the artifice of Eliogabalo as afflatus for his aerodrome collection. The appearance that the opera portrays, there s so abundant affluence there that it affectionate of acquainted a abashment to not investigate that further, he explained. It s recontextualizing the opera and assuming it to a altered audience. Written in 1667 by Italian artisan Francesco Cavalli, the opera is based on the activity of the Roman adolescent emperor Heliogabalus, who all-powerful himself a sun god and was accepted for apparent displays of wealth, ability and sexuality. (Think color-themed banquets, acute orgies and annihilative artery parades). Admitting the age of the comedy and its actual context, Pugh was agog to abode his designs aural a conceptual reality, rather than referencing a specific time period. Apparel accept a sculptural quality, with alternating sun motifs and references to the anarchy attribute — eight arrows arch out from a axial point — apery the annihilative ability of the axial character. This was echoed in the appearance collection.Joining the dots amid these two altered disciplines is no accessible feat, but the acknowledgment from critics has been positive. Appearance announcer Suzy Menkes commented in her analysis for Vogue.co.uk: We accept apparent Gareth s affecting presentations abounding times in his 11 year career — his shows confused from Paris to London afterwards the aboriginal decade — and his clear appearance accent is now familiar. But this season, the way he angry amplitude into ball while befitting the appearance beneath control, was masterly. While this is his aboriginal attack into opera, Pugh is no drifter to the stage. He collaborated with choreographer Wayne McGregor on the ballet Carbon Life at the Royal Opera House in London in 2012, and Alea Sands at the Palais Garnier aftermost December. The artist himself advised ballet as a adolescent and spent a few summers as a jailbait accessory apparel courses at the National Youth Theatre s London ateliers.But admitting these experiences, Eliogabalo seems to accept resonated decidedly with Pugh, who believes the account is awful accordant today. Thinking about the adventure of this arrogant, bad-tempered adolescent who s been accustomed the bench of all ability and (the actuality that) the acquisitiveness that drives him is his ultimate downfall, I anticipation that was absolutely absorbing with commendations to what s activity on in America, he says. For me, it aloof feels actual apt and culturally accordant in a added context. Eliogabalo is on at the Palais Garnier until October 15, 2016. Watch the video aloft to acquisition out added about Gareth Pugh s designs for the Eliogabalo opera and his Spring-Summer 2017 appearance collection.