26 JUIN 2012 NEWS: Antibes - Chamarajanagar - Grouville - Thessalonique - Gower Peninsula - Saint-Apollinaire -
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FRANCE – 
Antibes - Jusqu'à 25 mètres de long et près de 10 mètres de large... C'est franchement un beau bébé ! Et même s'il faudra encore quelques mois d'enquête pour qu'il livre tous ses secrets, les archéologues sont d'ores et déjà formels : « Il s'agit d'un vaisseau de commerce romain qui transportait des denrées entre le IIe et le IIIe siècle. Nous avons retrouvé beaucoup d'amphores, ainsi que nombre de noyaux de pêches et de cerises. » Les fouilles préventives menées par l'Inrap (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives) au Pré des pêcheurs à Antibes, où un parking de 600 places verra bientôt le jour, ont ainsi déjà porté leurs fruits. « C'est une découverte exceptionnelle, poursuit l'archéologue Isabelle Deveau. Il n'y a que du côté de Marseille que l'on en a déjà fait de semblables. » Conservé – grâce à son ensablement – sur près de 14 mètres de long, le navire aurait nécessité le bois d'environ 600 arbres. « La construction, par tenons et mortaises, est typique de l'époque. L'assemblage est aussi solidifié par des clous en bronze », note l'historienne. Les travaux se poursuivent sur les 5 000m2 du site. « Et il n'est pas exclu que nous fassions d'autres découvertes », lance Isabelle Deveau. Plusieurs milliers d'objets de toutes sortes ont déjà été exhumés et les couches de « mobilier archéologique », qui se succèdent depuis le IIIe siècle avant notre ère jusqu'au VIe siècle, pourront encore réserver leur lot de surprises.
http://www.20minutes.fr/article/958279/antibes-vestiges-vieux-2000-ans
INDE – 
Chamarajanagar - A temple in a dilapidated state on Gundlupet- Chamarajanagar road arouses curiosity, for its sheer vastness. It is believed to be in existence since the reign of the Hoysalas. The Mysore Archaeological Report (MAR) of 1934 says the temple has a garba griha (sanctum sanctorum), a sukhanasi (canopy), a covered pradakshina, a large navagraha and a porch, all of which have now disappeared. On the inner face of the second pillar to the south-west of the sukhanasi doorway, the image of a prince seated can be seen. He is evidently Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar, the then ruler of Mysore. A copper plate issued by Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar himself in 1674 AD, has an inscription which says, “the sukhanasi being the best of the lot resembles the doorway of the Vaidyeshwara Temple at Talkad, the capital of the Gangas.” The Para Vasudeva temple was part of the earlier Harikutara, now known as Chamarajanagar. The Gangas ruled the region back then. Para Vasudeva was the deity of the locals. ‘Para’ means ‘adhyatma’ (spiritual or divine)and Vasudeva means Lord Vishnu. Harikutara also has a meaning, Hari for shatru (foes) and kutara for hodedu haaku (kill the enemies). Though there are no precise records, the temple is known to date back to the time of the Hoysalas. Though the region was ruled by different rulers, including the Wodeyars, the temple received due patronage and was revived from time to time. What we see now is the temple that has undergone many renovations.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/259522/historic-para-vasudeva-temple-get.html
ROYAUME UNI – Grouville / Jersey - The biggest Celtic coin hoard of all time has been unearthed in the Parish of Grouville. It is estimated that the hoard contains between 30-50,000 coins, which have lain buried for 2,000 years, and weighs approximately ¾ of a ton. They are in one solid mass measuring 140 x 80 x 20cm. The coins are of Armorican origin (modern day Brittany and Normandy) from a tribe called the Coriosolitae, who were based around Rance in the area of modern-day St Malo and Dinan. They are thought to date from the year 50BC (Late Iron Age). At this time the armies of Julius Caesar were advancing north-westwards through France, driving the tribal communities towards the coast. Some of them would have crossed the sea to Jersey, finding a safe place of refuge away from Caesar’s campaigns. The only safe way to store their wealth was to bury it in a secret place.
http://jersey.isle-news.com/archives/record-hoard-of-celtic-coins-found-in-jersey/12107/
GRECE – Thessalonique - Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-metre section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. The marble-paved road was unearthed during excavations for Thessaloniki's new underground system, which is due to be completed in four years. Several of the large marble paving stones were etched with children's board games, while others were marked by horse-drawn cart wheels. Also discovered at the site were remains of tools and lamps, as well as the bases of marble columns. Viki Tzanakouli, an archaeologist working on the project, said the Roman road was about 1,800 years old, while remains of an older road built by the ancient Greeks 500 years earlier were found underneath it. “We have found roads on top of each other, revealing the city's history over the centuries,” Mr Tzanakouli said. “The ancient road, and side roads perpendicular to it appear to closely follow modern roads in the city today.” About seven metres below ground in the centre of the city, the ancient road follows in roughly the same direction as the city's modern Egnatia Avenue. In 2008, workers on the Thessaloniki metro discovered more than 1,000 graves, some filled with treasure. The graves were of different shapes and sizes, and some contained jewellery, coins or other pieces of art.
ROYAUME UNI - Gower Peninsula - Following the discovery of an engraved cervid, probably a reindeer from the rear section of a Welsh cave in September 2010, three samples were taken from flowstone that covered part of the engraving and were sent to the Open University Uranium Series Dating Laboratory in Milton Keynes. The cave, located on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, had been previously excavated three times, revealing an array of faunal remains and a unique lithic assemblage. The first three samples for Uranium Series dating were taken in April 2011. This dating method is based on measurement of the radioactivity of short-lived daughter isotopes of uranium formed in samples that initially contained only the parent uranium. Materials suitable for the U-series dating are found in many prehistoric archaeological sites, and include stalagmitic layers and spring-deposited travertines. The results from these three samples revealed a minimum date for the rock art was 12,572 BP + 600 years. At that time the British Isles was gripped by the final ravages of the Devensian ice sheets. In July 2011 a further sample from the same flowstone was taken. A minimum date for this sample was 14,505 + 560 BP when average summer temperatures in southern Britain were around -10 degrees centigrade. This date confirms the engraved cervid to be the oldest rock art to be discovered in Britain.
http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/004796.html
FRANCE – 
Saint-Apollinaire - En arrivant sur le site difficile de ne pas être surpris : on découvre un espace impressionnant (8 000 m²) au milieu des champs qu’on ne soupçonnerait pas, à première vue, être un lieu regorgeant de vestiges antiques. Mais grâce aux archéologues, on entrevoit la présence d’une villa, c’est-à-dire une ferme de l’époque gallo-romaine, avec ses différents bâtiments : de l’habitation à la grange, et même la cave qui permettait le stockage d’aliments. Les couleurs différentes de la terre sont lues par les experts comme les traces d’un fossé ; des trous de poteaux : il y avait une palissade en bois… Le site prend vie, dépeint par les membres de l’Inrap. Ces derniers sont de véritables passionnés et il est difficile de rester insensible à leur enthousiasme. Astrid Chevolet, de l’Inrap, explique par exemple : « Les fragments de fresques que l’on a retrouvés indiquent que la famille qui vivait ici était plutôt aisée ». Un peu plus tôt, un de ses collègues étonnait par ses déductions : « Le cheval que possédait la famille devait être important pour eux car nous avons retrouvé un fer à cheval orthopédique, ce qui était plutôt rare à l’époque, cela peut traduire un attachement émotionnel à l’animal ou plus simplement le fait que la famille ne pouvait se permettre d’en acheter un nouveau ». L’équipe de chercheurs parle aussi fièrement de sa dernière découverte : une semelle de chaussure retrouvée cette semaine à l’emplacement d’une mare. « On pense toujours que les Gallo-Romains portaient des sandales, en réalité, ils étaient comme nous : ils préféraient les bottes en hiver. »
http://www.bienpublic.com/grand-dijon/2012/06/25/saint-apollinaire-a-l-heure-gallo-romaine
