Remarkable Reconstruction of Solomon’s Temple In Accordance with Biblical Figures
Introduction An almost 3,000-year-old grand yet lost temple or just a figment of religious fable? Solomon’s Temple or the First Jewish Temple has raised debates…
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Largo di Torre Argentina in Rome to be made accessible to public
Rather than a single temple, the Largo di Torre Argentina in Rome (in what constituted ancient Campus Martius) is a part of a square that…
A site of horrors: Archaeologists find the first ever temple of Xipe Totec, the pre-Hispanic god wearing sacrificed human skin
As part of a major archaeological discovery, researchers in Mexico have unearthed the remains of the first temple dedicated to Xipe Totec, a Mesoamerican life-death-rebirth…
Archaeologists have possibly come across a pre-Roman Samnite theater in Pompeii
It should be noted that while we tend to view Pompeii as an epitome of an idyllic provincial Roman resort-city, the settlement in itself passed…
2nd century AD Roman temple unearthed at Aswan, Egypt
The ancient Egyptian region of Aswan is known for its veritable archaeological legacy, with recent excavations revealing the oldest known royal complex at Tell Edfu…
Archaeologists finally reveal China’s largest Taoist temple-palace, an almost thousand-year-old structure
Four years of excavation has finally revealed a massive structure dating from the Song Dynasty period (circa 960 – 1279 AD), in the form of…
The recently identified third Roman temple in Silchester was possibly part of Nero’s mega vanity project
The village of Silchester in Hampshire, Britain, boasts an incredible historical legacy, with its role ranging from an Iron Age oppidum, a rather significant Roman…
Excavation reveals Roman temple and domus with mosaics at the site of Carsulae, central Italy
The archaeological site of Carsulae in Umbria, central Italy, is one of the better examples of Roman urbanism fueled by the ancient Roman road of…
Archaeologists discover the 2,400-year old ancient theater of Thouria, in southern Greece
It had long been suspected by mainstream archaeology about the existence of a theater in the ancient city of Thouria. And the theory has been…
Segments of a large temple dedicated to Ramses II discovered in Giza
2017 has brought forth its fair share of archaeological discoveries related to the eminent historical legacy of Ramses II (1213-1279 BC), arguably the most powerful…
