‘Spectacular’ new find: Roman military camps in desert found by Oxford archaeologists using Google Earth

Published on April 26, 2023

Three new Roman fortified camps have been identified across northern Arabia by a remote sensing survey by the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology.  Their paper, published today [Thurs] in the journal Antiquity, reports the discovery may be evidence of a probable undocumented military campaign across south east Jordan into Saudi Arabia.
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The Economist: Five books on the best approaches to being an investor

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Oxford University joins largest ever ocean survey in a global effort to save marine life

April 26, 2023
Oxford University Museum of Natural History is to play a leading role in the largest programme in history to discover life in our ocean. The endeavour, known as Ocean Census, has set the ambitious target of finding at least 100,000 new marine species in the first decade.