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Archaeologists should consider tapping into satellite imagery when assessing the impacts climate change can have on ancient underground structures, a new study argues. Satellite studies would be one tool to help monitor and stabilize "underground heritage sites" on Earth that are becoming more vulnerable to human-induced climate change, flash floods, urbanization and other threats, the Aug. 12 study in Heritage Science states. Specifically, the study focuses on the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt. This area is perhaps best known for the famous Lighthouse (or Pharos) of Alexandria, which was completed around 280 BCE during the reign of Ptolemy II, according to Britannica.  From  Space.com Visit Website  https://www.weaversnest.org/  for more information on Archaeology and History.                                                ...

According to a CBS News report, metal detectorists discovered a cache of ancient coins in a field in eastern Poland. Three of the coins are Roman dinars minted between A.D. 138 and 161. These coins bear an image of the face of the emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned A.D. 138 and 161). Another silver dinar is imprinted with the face of his wife, Faustina the Younger, dated to A.D. 141. The face of the emperor Marcus Aurelius has been identified on another dinar dated to A.D. 174. A piece of one coin, which also bears the face of Antoninus Pius and has been dated to between A.D. 146 and 152, had been cut away, perhaps during a trade transaction. A rare Roman dinar, twice the usual size, bears the face of the empress Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, minted between A.D. 249 and 251.                                    From:  Archaeology Magazine Visit Website  https://www.weaversnes...