Wednesday, 14 May 2025

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The Votive bronze drum

The Sacred Sound of Mount Idi: A Bronze Tympanon from the 8th Century BCE

Myth, Power, and Eastern Influence in a Cretan Artifact Discovered in a sacred cave on Mount Idi (modern Greek: Idi, also known in classical sources as Ida) on the island of Crete, this exceptional bronze tympanon, dating to the late 8th century BCE, offers a rare glimpse into the ritual, mythological, and artistic life of

Thousands of Years Old: Exceptionally Preserved Bronze Age Urns Discovered in Germany

Exceptionally Preserved Bronze Age Urns Discovered in Germany

A routine infrastructure project in Lower Saxony has led to a major archaeological breakthrough: nearly 3,000-year-old Bronze Age cremation urns have been unearthed in remarkably preserved condition. Experts are calling the discovery one of the most significant in recent years. During preliminary excavations for a new drainage ditch along County Road K17 between the towns