The Nagliai Nature Reserve protects a large aeolian (wind-blown) dune field known as the “Dead” dunes which over time has buried four villages and two old cemetery sites. Dead (Mirusios), or Gray (Pilkosios) dunes are large ...

The Curonian Spit is located off the western coast of Lithuania in eastern Europe. The Curonian Spit is a 98 km long spit that separates the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon. The Curonian Spit is covered in very large ...

The preservation for Effigy Mound sites continues to be a concern. These landscape monuments and sacred sites remain poorly understood and require innovative, noninvasive, and nondestructive techniques for archaeological ...

The Kuršių Nerija National Park is one of five national parks in Lithuania. The Park was established in 1991 to protect the unique environments of the Curonian Spit and Curonian Lagoon and is also recognized by UNESCO as ...

Nearly 4,000 potential hillforts exist throughout the Baltic region. Hillforts served multiple purposes, including defensive forts to protect against attack, wooden castles, and settlements. A ground penetrating radar (GPR) ...

The ancient city of Bethsaida is in the northern Galilee region of Israel along shores of the Sea of Galilee and is mentioned by Pliny the Elder, Josephus as well as several Biblical texts. First excavated in 1987, the ...