Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has evaluated the role of micro-organisms colonizing the Sacred Rock at Machu Picchu in its state of conservation.
Natural History Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago
3.5 billion years ago Earth hosted life, but was it barely surviving, or thriving?
Macaque fossils discovered at the bottom of the North Sea
Together with two colleagues from the Netherlands, Senckenberg scientist Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke examined the teeth of several macaques from the bottom of the North Sea.
“Alcyonis” cinema has been classified as a monument
The Alcyonis cinema that started to operate in 1968 was designed by civil engineer Vangelis Sideris.
MoMA to close for four months
It was also announced that the Rockefeller family donated 200 million dollars to the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck
About eight hundred years ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.
T. rex: Flexible Head
Senckenberg scientist Ingmar Werneburg, together with an international team, re-examined the skull structure of Tyrannosaurus rex.
This is how today’s wars resemble the medieval wars in Nordic areas
There are many ways in which to understand the new wars of today. One way is to look at the wars that took place in medieval times.
Robert McCabe: the photographer as narrator
Guided tour of the tribute to the American photographer Robert McCabe entitled ‟Chronography-An Exhibition for the 180th anniversary (1837-2017) of the Archaeological Society″.
Work by Banksy in the British Museum for the first time
It is the ‟Di-faced Tenner”, an counterfeit ten pound note with the face of Princess Diana.
Timeline of Denisova Cave occupation revealed
The timeline of ancient hominin occupation of Denisova Cave by Denisovans and Neanderthals has been refined by new dates reported in two papers published in this week’s Nature.
These strange fossils are closely related to sea urchins
Just a few centimeters long, these animals thrived in the ocean roughly half a billion years ago. Because of their odd morphology, scientists have long struggled to find their branch on the tree of life.
New oviraptorosaur species discovered in Mongolia
Incomplete skeleton of Gobiraptor minutus was likely that of a juvenile.
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study finds.
Drawing by Rubens sold for 8.2 million dollars
Some felt that the Dutch royal family, owner of the work, should have offered it to Dutch museums.
A taste for fat may have made us human
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, posits a new paper in Current Anthropology.
Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers?
The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths of a cave that was covered by a thick ice sheet until recently is certain to raise questions.
The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures
The skeletal remains, which are between 6,500 and 3,500 years old, show that the groups living throughout the Caucasus region were genetically similar, but that there was a sharp genetic boundary to the adjacent steppe areas in the north.
Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica
Based on its similarities to other fossil animals, the researchers surmise that Antarctanax was a carnivore that hunted bugs, amphibians, and relatives of early mammals.
Saint Birgitta of Sweden: paving the way for female writers and philosophers
Birgitta Birgersdotter was made a saint in 1391, the only woman canonised in the 14th century. But who was she?
UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds
Plans to widen the definition of treasure so more archaeological finds can be protected for the nation have been outlined by the British government last week.
New 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
D. Pandermalis ‟The return in full of the Parthenon marbles is the only solution”
For Mr. Pandermalis, Head of the Acropolis Museum, the case is clear: ‟The British Museum does not own the sculptures”.
Discoveries at Tuna El-Gebel
Minister of Antiquities Dr.Khaled El-Enany announced on Saturday the first discovery of year 2019 from Tuna El-Gebel archaeological site in Menia.