Rare Viking-age board game piece found
Durham Universityn archaeologists have helped unearth a 1,200 year old board game piece on a small island off the coast of north east England.
Announcing a New Meat-eating Dinosaur from Alberta
Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of tyrannosaur in Alberta. Thanatotheristes degrootorum is the oldest tyrannosaur species ever found in Canada.
Tsiknopempti at the Acropolis Museum restaurant
On Thursday 20 February 2020, from 8 p.m. until midnight, the Acropolis Museum restaurant will celebrate the popular day of “Tsiknopempti”.
Disease found in fossilized dinosaur tail afflicts humans to this day
The fossilized tail of a young dinosaur that lived on a prairie in southern Alberta, Canada, is home to the remains of a 60-million-year-old tumor.
Enigmatic ancient Egyptian game table was the missing link in iconic board game evolution
Study on the senet game table from the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum indicates it is a piece of gaming hstory.
A “partial/halfway” solution regarding the Phaleron Captives
Opinion in favour of the proposal to lift the finding and remove it in one piece or to transfer it to a nearby place, conduct a subsoil remediation and then relocate the finding to its original spot.
Athens from East to West, 1821-1896
A historical documentary by Maria Iliou and a photographic exhibition at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture.
There’s a twist in the story of volcanism & mass extinctions
An emerging scientific consensus is that gases—in particular carbon gases—released by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago contributed to some of Earth's greatest mass extinctions.
Kerameikos: Ancient curse tablets found inside a well
A total of 30 ancient Greek tablets were found inside a 2.500 year old well at Kerameikos.
Religion and the Rule of Law in the Greek Polis
The Swedish Institute at Athens welcomes all to a talk by Edward M. Harris, Durham University and University of Edinburgh.
Wasp nests used to date ancient Kimberley rock art
Mud wasp nests have helped establish a date for one of the ancient styles of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley.
Scientists resurrect mammoth’s broken genes
To conduct the study, Lynch’s team first compared the DNA of a Wrangel Island mammoth to that of three Asian elephants and two more ancient mammoths.
Tropical trees are living time capsules of human history
New international study shows the potential of novel methods to reveal past human influences on the growth of tropical trees still standing today.
Picasso: Blue and Rose Period
An audiovisual journey to Pablo Picasso’s early career (1900–1907) through a multimedia installation that lets visitors experience the great artist’s oeuvre.
Researchers revise timing of Easter island’s societal collapse
Team led by University of Oregon doctoral student says new evidence, based on statistical modeling of radiocarbon dates, shows the island's monument-building culture was thriving when Europeans arrived.
Canals and tunnels in the forum area
Investigation and research at Pompeii does not stop at the visible parts of the city, but also focuses on previously unseen aspects, such as the study of the tunnels and drainage canals of Ancient Pompeii.
Sequoia fossil discovered on Lesvos
Specifically, the lower part of the trunk was found, mostly from near to the root system.
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
A combination of developmental changes and adaptive pressures in the spines of synapsids laiid the groundwork for the diversity of backbones seen in mammals today.
Female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers
A new skeleton discovered in the submerged caves at Tulúm sheds new light on the earliest settlers of Mexico, according to a study published February 5, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
Meeting about security on the Acropolis
A long meeting with the heads of the country’s Security Research Centre (KEMEA) – an organization overseen by the Ministry of Citizen Protection – was convened by Lina Mendoni.
Corinth: Ancient artefacts hidden in a field were confiscated
A 40-year-old man was arrested for violating legislation for antiquities and cultural heritage in general.
New thalattosaur species discovered in Southeast Alaska
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have identified a new species of thalattosaur, a marine reptile that lived more than 200 million years ago.
Dalí’s masterpiece leads Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Sale
The work, which has never before been offered at auction, comes from the collection of the Italian Modernist composer Giacinto Scelsi.
Underwater research in ancient Olous and the harbour of Ierapetra
The city of Olous is quite clearly mentioned in ancient sources, mainly in inscriptions.