Category: Archeology
Tureta: The fortress of Emperor Justinian?
The fortress of Tureta on the Konati Islands, located on the northern stretches of Dalmatia, south of Zadar and west […]
The 1,700 year old Roman and Byzantine-era mosaics of Lod.
The construction and modernization of Israeli infrastructure across fields, suburban blocks, highways and streets has seen an unprecedented wave of […]
Treasure and mystery in Byzantine Cappadocia.
Before the Romans, other ancient civilisations, notably the Achaemenid Empire, once inhabited the mountainous region of central Anatolia called Cappadocia. […]
A rare Byzantine Egyptian streetscape on show in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
A very rare Egyptian streetscape mosaic in the Kiryat Gat Industrial Park, in Israel, will be open to the […]
The Maccabees, a long-lost tomb and that curious Byzantine mosaic cross that adorns it.
Over the past few days I have been reading reports about what could quite possibly be the rediscovery of the […]
501 Treasures of Byzantium: No. 2 The sixth century Basilica Cistern.
One of the most amazing sights or structures in Istanbul today lies beneath our feet. In the subterranean depths below […]
Rare Byzantine grape seeds found in Israel has given us hope of a new Negev wine?
In the middle of February this year, a colleague brought to my attention an amazing discovery unearthed in Israel. Immediately […]
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
In 1994, a French team of archaeological divers conducted a salvage inspection in the eastern harbor of Alexandria in the […]
Stunning Byzantine mosaic unearthed in southern Israel.
This is a small section of the stunning Byzantine mosaic discovered near Aluma, Israel. Occasionally I will deviate from the […]
