Team discovered 10 new bird taxa in Wallacea
Understanding of Quaternary land connections and knowledge of historic collection gaps were crucial in identifying remote regions likely to harbor novel avian species
Hermione the mummy on show at Girton College
Girton College’s newly-refurbished small museum, the Lawrence Room, has opened its doors to the public housing unique pieces such as Hermione Grammatike.
The Vikings erected a runestone out of fear of a climate catastrophe
The Rök runestone, erected in Östergötland around 800 CE, is the world’s most famous runestone from the Viking Age, but has also proven to be one of the most difficult to interpret.
Unknown vandals destroyed age old rock carvings on the Pangaion
Τhe rock carvings were discovered in 1966 and date from the Late Bronze Age (around the 3rd millennium BC).
Oldest known city view of Venice discovered
A researcher from the University of St Andrews has unearthed the oldest known city view of Venice, dating from the 14th century.
Ancient Measuring Table discovered in Jerusalem Market
Archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old measuring table along the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem.
Early humans revealed to have engineered optimized stone tools at Olduvai Gorge
Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8 - 1.2 million years ago engineered their stone tools in complex ways to make optimised cutting tools.
Eutopia, Dystopia, Utopia: Environmental aesthetics and politics
Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece Events Series 2020 focuses on the topic of “Eutopia, Dystopia, Utopia: Environmental aesthetics and politics”.
Benaki Museum: Changes of ticket prices
Starting from the 2nd of January 2020, the ticket pricesas well as the free admission hours at the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture have changed.
Further investigations at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia – Upper Rhoudias
The investigations have been especially revealing and they highlight the important role of the mountainous areas of the island during prehistory.
First survey campaign at Amargeti in Paphos completed
The first campaign focused on a general analysis of the cultural landscape of Amargeti as well as on intensive field walking at the locales of Asomatos and Petros Anthropos.
Burial of Scythian Amazon with a head dress on Don
'We first found such head dress in the barrows of the forest steppe zone and (...) the head dress was first found in the burial of an Amazon,' says Valerii Guliaev.
Researchers learn more about teen-age T. Rex
The research by Woodward and her team writes a new chapter in the early years of the world’s most famous dinosaur.
Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland
For hundreds of years, almost all ivory traded across Europe came from walruses hunted in seas accessible via Norse settlements in south-western Greenland.
The Pafos Castle opens to the public
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces that the Pafos Castle will open to the public on Monday.
Statue of Horus discovered in Kom el Hetan
An Egyptian-German archaeological mission headed by Dr. Hourig Sourouzian discovered a large statue of the god Horus, during the excavation of King Amenhotep III’s Temple of Million of Years at Kom el Hetan, on the West Bank in Luxor area.
Decision on the antiquities being removed from the Venizelos station
The construction of the Venizelos Station has been approved with the method of temporarily removing and then reinstalling the antiquities.
Birch bark tar was used in medieval England
Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified the use of birch bark tar in medieval England – the use of which was previously thought to be limited to prehistory.
Scientists uncover world’s oldest forest
Scientists have discovered remnants of the world's oldest fossil forest in a sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York.
Yannis Tsarouchis “Cast Shadows”
The exhibition presents Yannis Tsarouchis’ studies on light and especially on cast shadows which he started to get involved with since the 1950s.
Ancient Roman culinary preferences revealed in Ashkelon
Archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Ashkelon uncovered an ancient industrial area with winepresses and rarely discovered installations for producing a popular fish sauce, the preparation of which involved strong odors. Vats used to produce fish sauce
Caribbean settlement began in Greater Antilles
Rigorous reexamination of radiocarbon dating of sites on 55 islands shoots down the idea that colonization moved step by step from south to north.
Ancient Mediterranean seawall first known defense against sea level rise
7,000-year-old seawall in Tel Hreiz, Israel reveals earliest known structure built against sea level rise and provides new insights into current battle with flooding threat.
Ancient ‘chewing gum’ yields insights into people and bacteria of the past
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old "chewing gum".