Ancient genomes provide insight into the genetic history of the second plague pandemic
An international team of researchers has analyzed remains from ten archaeological sites in England, France, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland to gain insight into the different stages of the second plague pandemic.
Ancient Egypt: From everyday life to eternity
The exhibition features 140 objects on loan from the Egyptian Museum in Turin.
Bodies, Bases and Borders: Framing the Divine in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Seminar in Ancient Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.
Arrest of persons conducting illegal excavations
Two gangs were located, whose members were involved in illegal antiquities excavations in the regions of Thessaly and Pieria and also in possession of ancient artefacts.
Four bronze sculptures on The Met’s facade
After 117 years the empty niches of the museum's facade are occupied by four bronze sculptures by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu.
Insight into competitive advantage of modern humans over Neanderthals
A team of Japanese and Italian researchers, including from Tohoku University, have evidenced mechanically delivered projectile weapons in Europe dating to 45,000-40,000 years.
Viking Age mortuary house found in central Norway
A Viking Age mortuary house was discovered during the excavation of the burial ground of one of the Viking Age farms on Vinjeora in Hemne in Trondelag.
The Zominthos Archive has been found
217 tripod vessels are recorded on the tablet that was found, with an ideogram next to the symbols depicting numbers.
Architects have recreated the Puerta de Triana in Seville
Architectural researchers from the University of Seville have published a scientific article that documents and graphically reconstructs Seville's long vanished Puerta de Triana.
Ministry of Culture reclaims a bronze horse statuette
Ms Mendoni presented to Assistant Prosecutor Michael Bogdanos a number of issues taken up by the ministry over reclaiming and repatriating antiquities.
Leonardo da Vinci’s retrospective at the Louvre
The blockbuster exhibition will feature the iconic Vitruvius Man, in the framework of an exchange agreement between Italy and France.
T. rex used a stiff skull to eat its prey
Scientists at the University of Missouri are arguing that the T. rex's skull was stiff much like the skulls of hyenas and crocodiles.
Dishing the dirt on an early man cave
Microscopic study yields intriguing ancient Denisovan secrets.
Opening of the museum of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation
A museum of international scope, exhibiting contemporary and modern mainly European art, is opening in the heart of Athens.
Croc-like carnivores terrorised Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years ago
The fossils studied by Tolchard include teeth, pieces of jaws, hind limbs and body armour, all of which are can be described as parts of rauisuchians.
One species, many origins
Modern humans evolved in Africa, and we now know that human groups from all over the continent contributed to that process. A group of scientists says that means it is time to stop arguing about where in Africa humans 'really' came from.
First evidence for early baby bottles used to feed animal milk to prehistoric babies
A team of scientists has found the first evidence that prehistoric babies were fed animal milk using the equivalent of modern-day baby bottles.
Machu Picchu: Ancient Incan sanctuary intentionally built on faults
Detailed geoarchaeological analysis that suggests the Incas intentionally built Machu Picchu in a location where tectonic faults meet.
Tracing the Conical Cup
What made these cups so popular? And how can archaeologists begin to answer such questions?
“Amphipolis is an ecumenical monument”
After introducing the public to the history of the area during its heyday, in the years of Alexander the Great, but also in the Roman and Byzantine eras, Mrs Peristeri referred to the history of its excavations.
Did a common childhood illness take down the Neanderthals?
What killed off the Neanderthals, and why did Homo sapiens thrive even as Neanderthals withered to extinction?
First glimpse at what ancient Denisovans may have looked like
Researchers have produced reconstructions of these long-lost relatives based on patterns of methylation in their ancient DNA.
Mosaic of the 3rd c. came to light in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Archaeologists unearthed this particular mosaic during work carried out at an archaeological site known as the "Roman municipium".
The Antikythera Mechanism and the Moon
Professor of Space Physics at Athens University Xenophon Moussas will again welcome those wishing to go on an imaginary trip to the Moon to reveal its secrets to them.