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Ten wolves have been found dead within and around a national park in central Italy, in what wildlife authorities believe to be a deliberate poisoning campaign.
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/wolves-found-dead-in-italy-amid-poisoning-fears.html
Archaeologists uncovered several small clusters of coins, the remains of wallets dropped during a catastrophic fire in the mid-6th century AD, at Phanagoria on the Taman peninsula in present-day southern Russia.
Biomolecular analyses reveal grape-based beverages, dairy processing, and pottery function in Kura–Araxes culinary practices
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-bronze-age-people-ate-drank.html
What culinary practices prevailed in the South Caucasus during the Bronze Age? A new study shows that the cuisine was remarkably diverse. The evidence highlights a multi-ingredient cuisine alongside the central role of dairy products, fruit and grape-based beverages in Kura-Araxes communities.
A papyrus fragment of Homer’s epic The Iliad has been discovered inside the wrappings of Roman-era mummy at the ancient site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt’s Minya Governorate.
https://egyptian-gazette.com/egypt/spanish-mission-uncovers-roman-era-tomb-in-egypts-bahnasa/
Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis of residues found in a gourd, discovered in an Etruscan tomb in 1927 at Bisenzio, about 90 kilometers northwest of Rome, detected organic compounds commonly found in fermented fruit juice.
The site of Bisenzio, located next to Lake Bolsena, about 90 kilometers northwest of Rome, has traditionally been considered a secondary center dependent on the major coastal Etruscan cities such as Vulci, Tarquinia, or Cerveteri. However, an international study published in the journal Journal of A
An armed man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened fire on tourists Monday, killing one Canadian and leaving at least 13 people injured at the archaeological site north of Mexico's capital, authorities said.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g-s1-118185/gunman-pyramids-mexico
Small digs of a cave hidden beneath an 11th Century castle in Pembrokeshire have so far uncovered evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.
The University of Aberdeen will now lead a larger five-year exploration of the site
Euterpe, muse of lyric poetry, shows a tibia to Hyagnis, while she stands next to a scroll box.
Detail from a late 3rd-century mosaic, signed by
Monnus (“Monnus fecit”), from Augusta Treverorum, today's Trier in Germany.
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https://www.theatrum.de/1810.html
Archaeologists found a 2500-year-old infant mass grave at Tel Azekah, some 30 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem
📷The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2500-year-old-infant-mass-grave-cracks-open-enigma-of-biblical-era-baby-burials/
A mass grave of young children and infants from the Persian period in Tel Azekah and its importance for the understanding of burial practices of unweaned infants
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00310328.2025.2589646
