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2,000-Year-Old Greek Theatre Mask Found in Croatian Cave May Reveal Illyrian Rituals
A terracotta face linked to ancient Greek theatre has emerged from a hidden chamber inside a cave on Croatia’s Pelješac Peninsula, offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into the ritual world of the Illyrians more than 2,000 years ago. The discovery was made in Crno Jezero cave during excavations carried out between April 23 and May…
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302 Roman Coins Found in Croatia May Mark the Last Pay of a Danube Watchtower Garrison
The first coin appeared in the soil of a defensive ditch. Then another surfaced. Within a small area near the village of Mohovo in eastern Croatia, archaeologists soon realized they were not dealing with ordinary lost change, but with a concentrated hoard of 302 Roman coins buried beside a frontier watchtower on the Danube. The…