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Ticia Verveer
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Archaeologist, author. Collector of stories, old and new. Middle East, North Africa. Religion, Conflict &Peace 🏛️🏺 WW II Historisch journalist, cultuur & erfgoed. Maternal Health Ambassador Global Fund for Women 2012-2022

A pebbled mosaic floor with a central scene of two satyrs has been unearthed in Eretria, southeastern Greece. The floor is part of a house from the Late Classical period and dates to around the middle of the 4th century BC

https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2024/08/04/pebbles-mosaic-satyrs-eretria/

Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw have discovered a Roman fridge during excavations at the Roman fortress of Novae.

Novae was one of the primary legionary fortresses on the Limes Moesiae along the Danube in northern Bulgaria.  https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/roman-fridge-found-at-novae/148589

Objects are vanishing from historic wrecks as sport divers and criminal gangs loot well-preserved sunken ships. Authorities say that thousands of historic wrecks across the Nordics are at risk from plundering.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/baltic-sea-swedish-coastguards-saving-shipwrecks-from-looters