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EGYPTE – 
Taposiris Magna - Archaeologists believe that they have found the tomb of the ancient couple. They say the crypt is in Taposiris Magna, around eighteen miles from Alexandria .Historians believe that the couple, who ruled in 30BC, are buried together. Dr Zahi Hawass says they are close to finding the accurate location of the tomb.
ITALIE – 
Portofino - A haul of 2,000 year old pottery has been discovered on the sea bed of the Mediterranean. Fifteen Gallic amphoras were found half submerged in the sand and were first spotted by two scuba divers outside the city of Portofino in late November last year. Archaeologists have now begun the process of pulling the pottery from the waters for further study. Footage taken by the divers shows the ancient jars lying 164 feet (50 metres) under the surface. Most of them are perfectly intact but one has been shattered and became home to an array of marine wildlife, including two lobsters.
CHINE – 
Nanyang - Archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a mint that is believed to have been used to produce coins 2,000 years ago in central China. The workshop was discovered at the site of an ancient government office in Nanyang, Henan province, local newspaper Dahe Daily reported. Archaeologists first uncovered fragments of ceramic coin moulds at the site when they were carrying out repairs after heavy rain in late 2017, according to media reports. A joint team from the local and provincial cultural relics and archaeology institutes later found nine areas of relics and one kiln site with eight ash pits.They also found copper coins, copper smelting slag, pottery shards, animal bones and a large number of coin mould fragments. Yang Jun, a research fellow with the China Numismatic Society, told Xinhua that two inscriptions on the moulds suggested they were used during the reign of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty official who briefly took power from 9-23AD. Wang launched a currency reform after seizing the throne. The Nanyang workshop produced coin moulds and two kinds of coins, and its discovery could prove valuable in the study of coin-making and the economic system during that period, Bai Yunxiang, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua. Yang also told Dahe Daily that the discovery could fill in some blanks in Chinese coin history. At present only 75 square metres have been excavated. Experts believe the site of the ruins could cover more than 100,000 square metres, and that the excavation area should be expanded, Xinhua reported.
ROYAUME UNI – 
Colchester - During the final week of the dig at the Mercury Theatre, the Colchester Archaeological Trust has made another discovery. Two barrack block walls, built by the Romans around 40 AD, have been found.Philip Crummy, director of the trust, said: “Discoveries of great interest have a habit of turning up at the last minute on our archaeological excavations. “We expected the remains of the walls would be below those tessellated Roman floors we have been uncovering.There is a chance the Roman floors found previously could be damaged when renovation works start at the theatre. Mr Crummy said: “The remains of the barrack blocks lie about a metre below the floors so they should survive indefinitely under the new build.The outline and extent of the Roman fortress has been known since the 1970s. Later archaeological work, especially at the Culver Square site and Colchester Sixth Form College in 1980s, has firmed up and improved the detail. Mr Crummy added: “In AD 43, the emperor travelled to Britain to lead army into Camulodunum where he took the submission of a number of British kings.
“Our fortress was built shortly afterwards by the men of the Twentieth Legion. “The submission and the subsequent construction of the fortress were key parts of the story of not only Roman Colchester but the Roman conquest of Britain itself.”
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17368852.more-evidence-of-roman-fortress-found-in-colchester/