Drought reveals megalithic standing stones in reservoir
A circle of megalithic standing stones in Spain, covered by water for the creation of a reservoir, have again surfaced due to heavy drought this year.
Cranes were used for Greek temple constructions earlier than previously believed
New research demonstrates how forerunners to the lifting machine were experimented with as early as 700-650 B.C. for the construction of Greek temples.
Standard weights and measures were used in prehistoric northwestern Europe
People in England were using balance weights and scales to measure the value of materials as early as the late second and early first millennia BC.
Medieval skeleton’s contested identity is re-examined
Researchers identify the story of a skeleton used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis and Soviets during the Second World War and Cold War.
The Vikings found Irish population already in decline
New research has found that the population of Ireland was in decline for almost 200 years before the Vikings settled.
Prehistoric boat building platform found underwater
Researchers have discovered a new 8,000 year old structure next to what is believed to be the oldest boat building site in the world on the Isle of Wight. The discovery was made by the Maritime Archaeological Trust while working on
Rare Pictish carved stone found in the Highlands
Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered a rare 1,200-year-old Pictish carved stone that could be a cross slab.
Excavations in Cyprus yield Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age findings
Findings from this season's excavations in Cyprus offer an insight to the transition of the inhabitants' lifestyle from the Chalcolithic into the Early Cypriot Bronze Age.
Artist’s drawings found under famous Da Vinci painting
Two different drawings of the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci lying beneath the painting have been revealed with the use of cutting edge imaging techniques.
Places we once called home
From the deep past, scientists are uncovering the stuff that makes us human—from forward planning, to the very beginnings of art. One of these discoveries is that our ancestors were not homebodies. We were wanderers who kept our stays short.
Student’s find in Peru offers lesson in how archaeologists piece together stories of a people
Caroline Coolidge was stunned. The rising second-year was digging at the archaeology field school in San José de Moro, Peru, and there in the dusty dirt a small face stared up at her...
The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism
Potbelly statues: Depictions of the ruling elite? A way to honor dead ancestors? Or perhaps portrayals of women giving birth?
Gene transcripts from ancient wolf analyzed after 14,000 years in permafrost
Sample from an ancient canid gives a first look at the new field of paleo-transcriptomics.
Inspection of the elevator to the Acropolis
After fifteen years of continuous use since being installed, today’s elevator is already old and malfunctioning.
How the Islamic world influenced western art
This exhibition examines the idea of Orientalism, offering another look at this cultural relationship.
Who dominates the discourse of the past?
Male academics, who comprise less than 10 percent of North American archaeologists, write the vast majority of the field's high impact, peer-reviewed literature.
A musical evening on August Full Moon at the Acropolis Museum
On Thursday 15 August 2019, at 9 p.m., the Acropolis Museum invites visitors to its entrance courtyard on a musical journey under the August Full Moon.
Impressive building of the Middle Neolithic discovered in Koutroulou,Magoula
The tenth archaeological season was completed last week of the Archaeological and Archaeological Ethnography Project of Koutroulou Magoula.
Leigh Fermor house opens to public
Necessary repairs have been completed and the Patrick & Joan Leigh Fermor House is ready to host scholars and artists as well as welcome visitors.
Changes in human diet shed light on human evolution
A shift in diet has long been seen as one of the critical adaptations that distinguishes our own genus Homo from earlier human ancestors.
Using artificial intelligence to fill in gaps in ancient texts
Enrique Jiménez is engaged on the reconstruction of the beginnings of world literature with the help of artificial intelligence.
Archaeologists uncover alignment of six stelae standing stones
The ritual stones date from the Neolithic period (around 2500BC) and were discovered close to where, during the 1960’s several tombs and standing stones were previously discovered.
“The Mysterious East” comes to Athens in November
126 valuable, representative works by Qi Baishi are to be exhibited for the first time in Athens, revealing his very personal style and accomplishments.
Εarliest known lunar calendar may be an engraved pebble
The oldest known lunar calendar may be an engraved pebble dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic found in Velletri, in the Alban Hills, south of Rome.