A little game. Name your favourite three to five archaeological discoveries from the Greco-Roman world or the European Bronze and Iron Age respectively of recent years:
That's a pretty cool list EC, but I'm afraid to say that I'm not even really aware of any other recent discoveries/publications.
The only thing I can vaguely remember is that graveyard excavated somewhere in Greece (I'd have to go looking for the name), yet unpublished, where they've supposedly found many examples of the famous T-and-Y cuirass. Anyone remember which excavation I'm recalling? I think it was on an island in Greece....I'll have to go looking through one of those God-awful "leather vs. metal" threads again to find it
Quote:The only thing I can vaguely remember is that graveyard excavated somewhere in Greece (I'd have to go looking for the name), yet unpublished, where they've supposedly found many examples of the famous T-and-Y cuirass. Anyone remember which excavation I'm recalling? I think it was on an island in Greece....I'll have to go looking through one of those God-awful "leather vs. metal" threads again to find it
If you could find where that dig site was and any info on it, I would love to hear about it!
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Alexand96 post=367012 Wrote:The only thing I can vaguely remember is that graveyard excavated somewhere in Greece (I'd have to go looking for the name), yet unpublished, where they've supposedly found many examples of the famous T-and-Y cuirass. Anyone remember which excavation I'm recalling? I think it was on an island in Greece....I'll have to go looking through one of those God-awful "leather vs. metal" threads again to find it
If you could find where that dig site was and any info on it, I would love to hear about it!
Ok, so after great effort of reading through many useless posts, I found the reference, and it's not a Greek island.
The excavations are taking place at Archontiko, which is either close or directly related to the Macedonian capital at Pella. I've googled the name a couple of times, and all I can find are a couple of non-official looking reports posted on blogs, and the obligatory flame wars in the comments about whether the Macedonians really are Greek, Slav, extraterrestrial, etc. :-D
Hope someone can find something solid - if the initial reports are true, there are supposedly hundreds of Macedonian warriors discovered in full array of battle kit, etc.
Sure thing, and thanks David for going the actual distance and finding a relevant report about the dig. Let's hope the findings are made public and don't disappoint!!
Quote:That's great EC! I'm just re-reading Jo Marchant's 2010 book on the subject....such a fascinating, and IMO, still under-hyped discovery!!
Thanks for the links!
Does she say something about the pin-and-slider mechanism on one of the gears which made it rotate slightly delayed to imitate the elliptical cycle of the moon?
Stefan (Literary references to the discussed topics are always appreciated.)
Alexand96 post=367445 Wrote:That's great EC! I'm just re-reading Jo Marchant's 2010 book on the subject....such a fascinating, and IMO, still under-hyped discovery!!
Thanks for the links!
Does she say something about the pin-and-slider mechanism on one of the gears which made it rotate slightly delayed to imitate the elliptical cycle of the moon?
