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• Remains of Ritual Meal Found at Pompeii’s Temple of Isis

  19-05-2023 05:50 via archaeology.org
  ROME, ITALY—Live Science reports that traces of a ritual banquet have been uncovered at the site of the Temple of Isis in the ancient Roman resort city of Pompeii. Analysis of the remains has identified at least eight chickens, a goose, a turtle dove, a pig, and two clams. Some of the meat would have been eaten by the priests of the Egyptian cult, while the rest would have been placed on the floor as an offering to the goddess, who was sometimes portrayed with bird wings. Birds are thought
  
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• Rock-Cut Images May Be Scaled Drawings of Desert Kites

  19-05-2023 05:27 via archaeology.org
  LYON, FRANCE—According to a Science News report, carvings discovered in different locations in the Middle East may have been scaled drawings of desert kites, which are enclosures made of stone walls that were used by hunters to capture herds of animals. One drawing on a rectangular stone in Jordan is estimated to be 9,000 years old, while two others on a boulder in Saudi Arabia have been dated to 8,000 years ago. Rémy Crassard and his colleagues at the French National Center for Sci
  
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• Funerary Bundle Discovered in Peru

  19-05-2023 05:15 via archaeology.org
  LIMA, PERU—Andina reports that a 500-year-old funerary bundle and pottery were discovered by archaeologists during work on a natural gas line near Lima’s central coastline. The bundle, which had been wrapped in mats and tied with ropes arranged in a geometric pattern, is thought to belong to the Ychsma culture. For more on the Ychsma, go to "Idol of the Painted Temple."
  
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