The mosaic discovered in Mérida, Spain, is a stunning example of Roman craftsmanship likely from the second century.Mérida City HallThe mosaic’s coloring suggests that it was made during the second century C.E.
While excavating the Huerta de Otero site in Mérida, Spain, archaeological students made a stunning discovery: an ancient Roman mosaic depicting the mythological gorgon Medusa. “Excavations at the Huerta de Otero unveiled a large Medusa mosaic in the main living room of a splendid Roman domus,” Mérida City Hall announced on Facebook. Read More...
In the 1980s, Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta were the most invincible drug lords in South Florida — but their reign wouldn't last forever.First-generation Cuban immigrants Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta may have started out as high school dropouts, but everything changed after they began selling drugs in the Miami area. They initially planned to just make a little extra money, but they ended up taking control of one of the city’s biggest drug-smuggling organizations as the “cocaine cowboys. Read More...
After being separated from his group, John Belgrove went looking for high ground — and found a hoard of treasures dating back to around 1400 B.C.E.Max Willcock/BNPSJohn Belgrove with the Bronze Age objects he discovered.
During a metal detecting rally in Dorset, a 60-year-old amateur metal detectorist by the name of John Belgrove got lost and separated from the rest of the group. As fortune would have it, though, Belgrove’s unexpected detour led him to the “find of a lifetime. Read More...
