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Digs & Discoveries November/December 2022

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Enjoy these additional images from some of our November/December 2022 Digs & Discoveries. Image 1 is from “Reduce, Reuse, Recyle,” image 2 is from “Before and After,” image 3 is from “Royal Mountain Fortress,” image 4 is from “Miniature Gold Canvas,” and image 5 is from “Opening the Alabama Canal.”

Detail of polychrome mosaic showing elaborate geometric patterns and birds from House of Charidemos, Halicarnassus, Turkey (Photo by J. Isager)
Restored side of cage cup showing the word “VIVAS,” or “live,” which is part of the phrase “VIVAS FELICITER,” or “live happily” (Courtesy Inrap)
Archaeologists in Iraqi Kurdistan excavate a section of perimeter wall at the Rabana-Merquly fortress, which was constructed around 2,000 years ago. (© Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project)
Detail of extremely finely engraved flower on a tiny ancient Korean gold artifact (Courtesy Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Archival photo of the south end of a canoe canal in Alabama that dates to A.D. 600 (University of Alabama Museums)

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