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A Dark Glass Bead Emerges From a 1,600-Year-Old Village Buried Beneath a Saxon Gravel Pit
A large, dark glass bead decorated with pale wave-like bands has become the most striking find from a 1,600-year-old settlement uncovered at a gravel extraction site in Saxony, Germany. The discovery was made near Belgern-Schildau, where archaeologists from the State Office for Archaeology of Saxony examined the area before the planned expansion of an open-pit…
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Archaeologists Uncover Rare Roman Mosaic Floor in Southern France
An exceptional Roman-era mosaic floor and well-preserved architectural remains have been uncovered near the town of Alès in southern France, revealing a once-thriving settlement from the 2nd to the 6th century AD. Between February and June 2025, archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) excavated a 3,750 m² site in the…