2,000-year-old Herculaneum Scrolls studied using UK’s Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source
Using this powerful light source and special techniques the team has developed, the researchers are working to virtually unwrap two complete scrolls and four fragments from the damaged Herculaneum scrolls.
Rembrandt-Velázquez: Dutch & Spanish Masters at the Rijksmuseum
In this exhibition, 60 paintings by Spanish and Dutch masters hang alongside each other in pairs, resulting in fascinating visual dialogues on realism and eternity, religion and beauty.
Tapestries in the Hermitage Collection
The exhibition contains twenty pieces that represent European tapestry weaving belonging to such artistic tendencies as Historicism, the Art Nouveau and Modernism.
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence
The exhibition examines the wealth and breadth of Verrocchio's extraordinary artistry by bringing together some 50 of his masterpieces in painting, sculpture, and drawing.
Rembrandt’s Light to see in London
Exhibition celebrates 350 years since his death with 35 of his iconic paintings, etchings and drawings, including major international loans from The Louvre and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.
African evidence support Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
A team of scientists from South Africa has discovered evidence partially supporting a hypothesis that Earth was struck by a meteorite or asteroid 12 800 years ago.
Microscopic evidence sheds light on the disappearance of the world’s largest mammals
New, state-of-the-art methods provide detailed insights into the timing and causes of 'megafauna' extinctions in the past.
The oldest microlith technology in a rainforest setting
Microliths — small, retouched stone tools — found in a Sri Lankan cave are the earliest evidence of such advanced technology in South Asia.
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.