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".
Chinese Art at the Byzantine & Christian Museum
The temporary exhibition “Chinese works of art from the I. and D. Passas Collection”, organized by the Byzantine and Christian Museum, is the first public presentation of objects from the Passas Foundation’s collection of Asian art.
Over 200,000 visitors annually to the Diktaion Antron
“Our land and the culture of our region are linked to the cave and we consider the need to support this monument as one of our top priorities,” said Mr Stefanakis, Mayor of Lasithi Plateau.
Archaeologists discovered princely tombs near ‘Griffin Warrior’
University of Cincinnati archaeologists unearthed two large tombs at the site of ancient Pylos where the famous Griffin Warrior was found in 2015.
Ancient events are still impacting mammals worldwide
Researchers spent more than five years compiling and analyzing data about the diets, body sizes and variety of species in 515 mammal communities.
Speech could be older than thought
New research suggests that speech emerged much earlier than thought, as far back as at least 20 million years.
Nine possible Bronze Age figurines unearthed in Orkney?
A team from ORCA Archaeology has discovered an amazing series of half-metre tall stone-carved objects while completing exploratory archaeological excavations.
Excavating in Nea Paphos in 2019
Dr Craig Barker, Director of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project, reports on their recent 2019 Season.
‘Two collections meet’ at the Museum of Byzantine Culture
The exhibition presents 129 cultural goods, portable icons, objects of private worship, liturgical items, vestments, holy relics dated from the 14th until the beginning of the 20th century.
Small sphinx statue unearthed in Minya’s Tuna El-Gebel
The Egyptian Archaeological Mission, under Sayed Abdel-Malek, in Egypt’s central Minya governorate has uncovered a small statue of a royal sphinx.
The mystery of Easter Island revealed?
The nearly 1,000 Moai were carved because the community believed the statues capable of producing agricultural fertility and thereby critical food supplies.
Human teeth used as jewellery in Turkey 8,500 years ago
The rarity of the find suggests that the human teeth were imbued with profound symbolic meaning for the people who wore them.
Lina Mendoni at the COP25 conference in Madrid
She referred to interdisciplinary research that contributes to better knowledge and improvement in addressing and managing the impacts of climate change.
Indonesian cave art overturns thinking on the roots of human spirituality
Archaeologists discovered a cave painting which portrays a group of part-human, part-animal figures hunting large mammals with spears or ropes.
Researchers analyze artifacts to better understand ancient diet
New research on ancient dietary practices, the evolution of agricultural societies and how plants have become an important element of the modern diet.
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
New evidence gleaned from Antarctic seashells confirms that Earth was already unstable before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Tasoula Hadjitofi: “The Icon Hunter”
The book presentation of Tasoula Hadjitofi about her struggle against the illegal trafficking of cultural treasures from Cyprus’ Occupied Territories.
Isotope analysis points to prisoners of war
Several years ago, Maya archaeologists from the University of Bonn found the bones of about 20 people at the bottom of a water reservoir in the former Maya city of Uxul.
A new early whale and the evolution of modern whale locomotion
New whale represents an intermediate stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming.
Virtual journey to the Romans
In an extensive project, archaeologists at Goethe University processed and digitally recorded Roman artefacts from Stockstadt am Main (Bavaria).
Christian Zervos & Cahiers d’ Art: The Archaic Turn
The exhibition starts with the observation that Zervos is one of the great “unknown” figures of art history.
Tattoos more popular among Ancient Egyptians than once thought
With the help or infrared photography, an American archaeologist revealed tattoos on a large group of ancient Egyptian mummies.
Cretaceous mammal separated hearing and chewing modules
Researchers reported a new symmetrodont, Origolestes lii, a stem therian mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, in China's Liaoning Province.
New data on the open air sanctuary of Zeus in Arcadia
The fact that it never acquired a monumental architectural form indicates its supreme sanctity, points out Dr Karapanagiotou.