Europe
Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation
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Archeologist report finding a remarkably well-preserved statue of Hermes inside a Roman sewer in the southwestern Bulgaria.
Living
Green Woods and Stone Ships: The Second Skåne Pilgrimage
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Exhausted, sweaty, and painfully hungry, I take my back into the gravel road of what must be Sōdra Ugglarp. On the horizon a long earthen-colored brick building stands against the deep blue sky, like a wall. In front of it, I notice a concrete-pit filled with horse manure. Closest to me, nearly as long as the barn, lies the stone ship, shaped by dozens of massive standing stones, like teeth of a giant rising from the green earth.
Europe
Airport survey uncovers a 4,000 year old structure on Crete
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Archeologists have discovered a 4,000 year old structure believed to be from the Minoan civilization while surveying a hilltop in Crete intended to serve as the site of a new airport’s radar tower.
Europe
Pagan Balts imported horses from Scandinavia for religious rituals
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The Pagans of the Baltic region appear to have acquired horses for ritual offerings sometimes at great expense and sea travel from Scandinavian Christian neighbors.
Culture
A newly discovered statue of Apollo marks continuity in Phillipi
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Archeologists have uncovered the marble head of a figure believed to be Apollo in Phillipi, a find that shows how Roman statuary continued to be used and appreciated in the Christian Byzantine era.