‘Puzzling’ bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era grave

‘Puzzling’ bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era grave

The 4 bronze disc artifacts, which illustrate lion heads in relief, were discovered throughout the 2018 excavation at Khirbat Ibreika, Israel. (Image credit: Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority) Archaeologists in Israel…

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Puzzling patchwork skeleton in Belgium contains bones from 5 people spanning 2,500 years

Puzzling patchwork skeleton in Belgium contains bones from 5 people spanning 2,500 years

(Image credit: Veselka et al.) A skeleton excavated from a Roman-era cremation cemetery in Belgium amazed archaeologists when they discovered it was in fact 2,500 years older than they had…

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