September 2022 – Appendix D | Hellene School Travel

Appendix D – ISRAEL, PORTUGAL, CROATIA, TURKEY

Croatia

In Vinkovci, a sarcophagus from the Roman era was taken out: ‘Well, that was some city tycoon…’ Unfortunately, the grave was robbed, and the director of the City Museum says that this happened back in antiquity

Israel

i – A Tomb in Jerusalem Reveals the History of Crucifixion and Roman Crucifixion Methods

ii – Rare knucklebone dice with names of gods show gaming in ancient Israel. 530 so-called ‘astragali,’ dating to Hellenistic period 2,300 years ago, found in southern Israel; inscribed in Greek with names of deities Aphrodite, Eros, Hermes, Hera, and Nike

iii – New research suggests that when Roman forces besieged Jerusalem in the year 70, they were firing barrages from what is now known as Cats Square

Portugal

Polychrome Augustus of Prima Porta. Braga, Portugal. A replica of the Roman emperor in glorious full color

Turkey

i – City of Aphrodite takes visitors on historical journey in Türkiy

ii – It has been reported that major progress has been made in the first phase of the Ephesus Ancient Canal Project that will bring the ancient city in the western province of İzmir’s Selçuk district together with the sea again after 2,500 years

iii – Possible gladiator tombs were found during excavations in the ancient Roman city of Anazarbus (modern Anavarza) in Turkey, near the Roman amphitheatre.

iv – New exhibition halls open at Istanbul Archaeology Museums

v – Acropolis to be unveiled in ancient Metropolis, a city in Turkey with great hellenistic and byzantine past. The new excavation season in the ancient city of Metropolis, located in western Turkey’s Izmir province, promises to make significant progress

vi – New Website Miletus Excavation

vii – Thermal Heating used in Ancient city of Sardis

viii – Ivory Imperial Reliefs from Ephesus