18 AVRIL 2018: Plovdiv - Copenhague - Hendersick Barrow - Lindinacciu - Amiens -
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BULGARIE – 
Plovdiv - The site of an opulent medieval building has yielded a lusterware plate made in Egypt, fragments of colorful murals, and ancient roadways. The pottery, decorated with a human form and a metallic glaze, has been dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century A.D. The cellar in which the plate was recovered had been decorated with murals painted in red, green, and blue. “Pieces which haven’t been pieced together yet show floral motifs as well as scenes,” said archaeologist Kamen Stanev. “We hope to find more pieces from the murals, which were laid on wooden planks.” Coins, belt appliques, weights, and fragments of glass bracelets have also been recovered during the rescue excavation. The building was found near six layers of a roadway that had been reused over the centuries. Stanev explained that in antiquity, the road had been paved with large stone slabs, but during later periods, it was covered with fragments of ceramics, small stones, and bits of mortar from ancient buildings. During the city’s poorer periods, its roads were just “a river of mud,” she added.
DANEMARK – 
Copenhague - When it emerged in February that a team of archaeologists had been secretly excavating 20 skeletons under City Hall Square, it was believed they belonged to the first Copenhageners who lived some 1,000 years ago. Now, the archaeologists have discovered the remains of a foundation that they think could stem from the first church in the Danish capital – a find that would help confirm that the Danish capital was an established city earlier than believed. The stone foundation bears witness to either a church being at the location at some point or a dyke that has split the graveyard into two sections. “We hope we have discovered the foundation of a church building, in which case it would be a church that co-existed with St Clemens Church, which was excavated in 2008, or is older. Potentially, we have discovered the oldest church in Copenhagen,” Stine Damsbo Winther, an archaeologist with the Museum of Copenhagen, told Videnskab.dk.
http://cphpost.dk/news/archaeologists-may-have-found-copenhagens-oldest-church.html
ROYAUME UNI – 
Hendersick Barrow - An intact earthenware pot thought to date back to the Bronze Age has been unearthed in a field in Cornwall. The pot, which is 12in (30cm) high, is about 4,000 years old and thought to contain human remains. It was found just below the surface, along with other Bronze Age artefacts like pottery and flint tools, at Hendersick Barrow near Looe. Dr Frieman, from the ANU, said the "stunning" find was discovered within a bronze age burial monument. "It's unusual enough that it made us smile," she said. "You don't often get intact jars from the Bronze Age. "This is from 4,000 years ago and these are very shallow. This was about 25cm (10") underground." She added that the collared urn "probably has a cremation in it, although we haven't seen it yet." Archaeologists say they still do not know why Bronze Age people buried their dead in barrows. Finding clues is difficult because the soil in southern and eastern England is acidic, so remains are not preserved unless they were burnt. Most barrows discovered so far in Cornwall are further inland, in bigger groups and are mainly centred around villages such as Pelynt and West Taphouse.
FRANCE – 
Lindinacciu - Il y a peu s'achevaient sur la plaine orientale des fouilles d'archéologie préventive sur un site qui a connu cinq occupations successives, mais dont la plus importante date de la toute fin du néolithique, c'est à dire entre 3 000 et 2 500 ans avant le Christ. Le site a été découvert dans un lotissement du hameau de Lindinacciu, près d'Aleria sur le terrain d'un propriétaire privé qui souhaitait faire construire une maison. Les archéologues sont tombés sur un véritable trésor, des vestiges de grands bâtiments, dont les structures encore enfouies sous terre ont révélé le plan de ces édifices, probablement des maisons."Cela nous donne des indications sur les activités, l'artisanat, l'économie qui étaient pratiqués autour de ces maisons et ainsi se dessine l'image d'un village des environs de 3 000 avant J.-C., typique de la plaine orientale de la Corse, mais peut-être aussi typique de la Corse", indique Kevin Peche-Quilichini, archéologue à l'INRAP
FRANCE – 
Amiens - Depuis quelques semaines, le Service d’archéologie préventive d’Amiens Métropole (SAAM) est à pied d’œuvre à l’angle des rues Legrand-d’Aussy et de la Vallée à Amiens. Situé au cœur de la ZAC Gare-La Vallée, le terrain examiné fait plus de 1 000 mètres carrés. En s’appuyant sur leur technicité et leur expertise, les membres du SAAM ont bien avancé, mettant au jour la scène d’un théâtre romain construite au IIe siècle. Constitué d’une vaste esplanade semi-circulaire à l’avant de la cavea (base des gradins), ce théâtre de 130 mètres de diamètre a été bâti sur une série de grands bâtiments à cellules. Eux aussi publics mais datant des années 70 du premier siècle (sous l’empereur romain Vespasien, père de Titus et Domitien) . Le décapage a permis de révéler de nombreux fragments d’enduit peint (le papier peint de l’époque romaine) de couleur verte, ce qui est assez rare, et de fragments de stucs décoratifs. Entre deux pelletées, l’archéologue expérimenté Yves Le Bechennec en dit un peu plus sur ce site qu’il connaît bien : « C’est notre troisième campagne ici. On n’est pas surpris par ce que l’on a trouvé. Le terrain est relativement bien préservé, ce qui nous aide à avancer assez vite. On sait que sous le théâtre, il y a des bâtiments publics qui faisaient office d’entrepôts. Les liens entre les deux époques sont relativement bien épargnés également. »