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Italy: Satanic symbols carved into ruins at Ostia Antica
Archaeologists working at the Roman ruins of Ostia Antica, near Rome, made an unpleasant and shocking discovery when they re-opened a dig site to find it was full of satanic symbols.Roman ruins at Ostia Antica [Credit: ZeWrestler]The excavation, led by a team of American and Canadian archaeologists from the American Institute of R…
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Near East: UNESCO slams Israeli digs in East Jerusalem
Israeli officials deplored UNESCO’s condemnation of Israeli archaeological activity in Jerusalem’s Old City.The archaeological dig at City of David, with Silwan behind it [Credit: Olivier Fitoussi]At a meeting this week in Bonn, Germany, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted 13-2, with five abstentions, to keep the Old City on…
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Near East: Wind power plant to be built on ancient necropolis
Turkey’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Preservation Board has refused to declare a plot of land in Istanbul’s Silivri district as a first-degree archaeological site despite the discovery of artifacts from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras. Now, the artifacts face an even greater threat as a wind-power company has indicated…