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MALTE – 
Gozo - Justice and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici this morning said that a Phoenician ship has been located in the central Mediterranean, describing it as a historic event. The shipwreck is at a depth of 120 metres and is located one mile off the coast of Gozo. It dates back to 700BC. Dr Bonnici said the boat was most probably around 50 feet long and it could also be the oldest shipwreck in the Mediterranean. The discovery was kept under wraps until the necessary studies were carried out in the ambit of the GROPLAN Project funded by the French National Research Agency. GROPLAN is aimed at developing underwater photogrammetry, a 3D recording system that enables scientists to accomplish tasks in an efficient and cost effective manner. Project partners include the CNRS CCJ Centre Camille Julian, the CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Deleation Provence Corse Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Information et des Systemes, the University of Malta’s Department of Classic and Archaeology, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, COMEX and the A&M University of Texas, US, among others. The shipwreck is well preserved and new software development tools are being created to compile data which in turn will be included in the National Inventory of Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands, a register of cultural property in Malta. Dr Bonnici said that the result of the project is surprising due to the fact that Malta hasn’t infinite resources for such projects. One of the project’s researchers explained that this find is typical of a Phoenician vessel which made stops in Sardegna and Malta to sell its cargo, some of which includes lava grinding stones and seven different types of vases. The exact location of the site will not be revealed for the time being.
VIDEO = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgDzA9vEJg
KIRGHIZSTAN – 
- lssyk Kul - Russian archaeologists are conducting an underwater expidition in search of the remains of an ancient civilization at the bottom of the lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan, Nikolay Lukashov, the president of the Russian Confederation of Underwater Activities, told RIA Novosti Monday. “During the expedition, which is led by Professor Vladimir Ploskikh from the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, Kyrgyz and Russian scientists plan to explore underwater archaeological sites to test the hypothesis of the ancient, so-called Andronovo culture, located in the area that is now flooded by the waters of Issyk Kul,” Lukashov said. According to Lukashov, underwater archeologists are to continue their studies of a settlement that was discovered at the bottom of the lake during the last expedition. Radiocarbon dating has shown the flooded settlement existed for over 3,000 years. Scientists also plan to resume their search for a medieval monastery, which, according to the Catalan Atlas of 1375, is the resting place of apostle and evangelist Matthew.;This year marks 30 years of cooperation between the Russian Confederation of Underwater Activities and Kyrgyz historians. The first joint exploration of Issyk Kul was conducted in 1984 under Stanislav Prapor. Well-known divers, historians and athletes took part in the examination of the lake. Issyk Kul is one of the largest and deepest lakes in the world, with a top length of 182 kilometers and depth of 668 metres. The lake is located in the northern Tian Shan mountains of eastern Kyrgyzstan.
http://en.ria.ru/society/20140825/192311108/Russian-Archaeologists-Search-for-Remains-of-Ancient.html?
INDE – 
Noorbagh - The three undated tombs of the Bahamani era here, located at a stone’s throw from the more famous Haft Gombuz, the seven tombs where the mortal remains of the Bahamani kings are buried, are in a state of neglect. The State Archaeology Department appears to have turned a blind eye to these historical structures that have withstood the vagaries of the weather and time. One of the features is that one of the smaller tombs has an underground structure with several arches like the one at Gol Gombuz in Bijapur. The tombs located in Noorbagh locality, near the Khaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, are also threatened by encroachments and buildings that have either come up or are coming up adjacent to these structures.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/a-picture-of-neglect/article6347488.ece
FRANCE – 
Beauvais - Depuis une semaine, les archéologues effectuent des repérages au parking Chevallier. Leurs découvertes détermineront si un véritable chantier de fouilles doit être lancé. les premiers sondages sont plutôt concluants et il s’en frotte les mains : « À 1,5 mètre de profondeur, on a retrouvé les traces de ce qui pourrait être une fosse à tanneur et de la cave d’une habitation de l’époque moderne, construite vraisemblablement au XVIe/XVIIe siècle et détruite pendant les bombardements de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Et aujourd’hui (lundi, NDLR), à davantage de profondeur, on a trouvé des enduits peints gallo-romains, ce qui indique qu’il y avait une forte densité occupée à cette période ! » Des résultats qui laissent d’ailleurs présager de jolies trouvailles lors des fouilles du futur théâtre : « Il y a fort à parier qu’il y ait là-bas un prolongement des vestiges que nous avons découvert ici » , glisse Jean-Marc Fémolant, le responsable du service archéologique municipal, le sourire aux lèvres.
FRANCE – 
Mâlain- Il y a environ 2 000 ans, se trouvait ici même une cité gallo-romaine. « On pense que Mâlain devait être une ville très importante (Mediolanum) », explique Corinne Molina, directrice de la fédération Rempart Bourgogne. « Le village est bien desservi en eau (l’Ouche est toute proche) et est situé au croisement des voies antiques Langres – Autun et Troyes – Nuits-Saint-Georges. » Devant nous se dressent les vestiges encore bien conservés d’escaliers, de puits, de bassins et de murs encadrant une multitude de petites salles. « Ici, c’était la grande rue », indique Corinne Molina alors que nous avançons prudemment au milieu des vestiges. « Sur le devant, on y trouvait les commerces et à l’arrière, les habitations. » Deux villas gallo-romaines ont été dégagées. Il s’agissait vraisemblablement des demeures de gens riches, certainement des notables, avec cuisines, salons, caves et cours intérieures.Les fouilles se sont déroulées entre 1968 et 1993. Durant cette période, de nombreuses pièces de mobilier ont été extraites. Ces objets sont, en partie, visibles au musée archéologique de Dijon et au musée du Groupe archéologique du Mesmontois (GAM) à Mâlain. On peut y découvrir des sculptures (comme la Dame de Mâlain) mais aussi de nombreuses céramiques, bijoux, outils et monnaies. Mais revenons à notre site archéologique. Au milieu de la végétation dense qui entoure le hangar, des colonnes et des bases de murs se dressent çà et là. Il suffirait apparemment de pas grand-chose pour mettre à jour d’autres lieux de vie. Mais la priorité est aujourd’hui toute autre : clôturer le périmètre. « Le site a subi de nombreuses dégradations », déplore Corinne Molina. « Certaines colonnes qu’on avait montées ont été démontées et des vestiges détériorés comme, par exemple, un four à pain. Il n’est pas rare que des chercheurs de trésors viennent farfouiller sur le site. C’est pourquoi il est urgent de le fermer. On espère que ce sera fait d’ici décembre. » Une fois l’endroit clôt, les bénévoles, l’association GAM et Rempart Bourgogne auront tout le loisir d’en terminer la mise en valeur pour pouvoir, prochainement, proposer un véritable lieu d’accueil et d’animation.
BULGARIE - Turgovishte - Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Ovcharov and his team unearthed the ruins of a medieval tavern in the town of Misioni, near the town of Turgovishte in north eastern Bulgaria. At a news conference Ovcharov said that the archaeological dig found the remains of 10 tall and seemingly affluent buildings and the area was called Boyarski residences. The Boyari were the hereditary aristocrats in medieval Bulgaria. In one of the ruins the archaeologists found more than 100 glass cups, which were most likely used for drinking wine, which makes the experts believe this building was a tavern. Besides the glasses, the team found another vessel for mixing the wine with water. According to Ovcharov, Misioni was an affluent town in the late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, which controlled trade in what is today north eastern Bulgaria, but was abandoned in the VII c. A.D.