The NAM celebrates the European Days of Cultural Heritage
With an educational programme for children and theme tours for adults by archeaologists of the Museum.
Piraeus: Port of Triremes
The Hellenic Maritime Museum participates again this year in celebrating the European Days of Cultural Heritage.
Zoological Society of London names world’s largest ever bird
Madagascar's giant elephant birds receive 'bone-afide' rethink.
CT technique expands possibilities of imaging ancient remains
Researchers in Sweden using computed tomography (CT) have successfully imaged the soft tissue of an ancient Egyptian mummy’s hand.
Painted tomb discovered in Cumae: A banquet frozen in time
In the ancient city of Cumae French researchers have discovered a series of vaulted burial chambers made of tuff, a volcanic stone found in the area.
Repatriation of 19th century icon of Saint George to Cyprus
A 19th century icon of St George, stolen from the church of St George of Karavas in occupied Kerynia, was found in the possession of a collector in Switzerland and repatriated to Cyprus.
Chinese Cretaceous fossil highlights avian evolution
A newly identified extinct bird species from a 127 million-year-old fossil deposit in northeastern China provides new information about avian development during the early evolution of flight.
Scientists quantify the vast and valuable finds stored on museum shelves
Based on their findings, the team estimates only 3 to 4 percent of recorded fossil locations from across the globe are currently accounted for in published scientific literature.
Fat from 558 million years ago reveals earliest known animal
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago.
The first predators and their self-repairing teeth
The earliest predators appeared on Earth 480 million years ago – and they even had teeth which were capable of repairing themselves.
Works of three Italian Renaissance artists are being exhibited in Tianjin
The exhibits include paintings and sculptures as well as a great number of original drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Research proves South East Asian population boom 4,000 years ago
Researchers uncover significant rapid increase in growth across populations in Thailand, China and Vietnam during the Neolithic Period.
Findings shed new light on Roman conquest of Northwest Iberia
Archaeologists have found the oldest evidence yet of the presence of legions in Galicia in the Penedo dos Lobos Roman camp (Manzaneda, Ourense, Galicia).
European Heritage Days 2018 at the Acropolis Museum
On Saturday 29 September and on Sunday 30 September 2018, the Museum will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with free entry from 5 p.m. onwards.
Research proves South East Asian population boom 4,000 years ago
Utilising human skeletal remains, researchers have been able to prove a significant rapid increase in growth across populations in Thailand, China and Vietnam.
Woman collector in Canada with 400 pieces of English china tea ware
In the collection there are more than 2,000 individual pieces such as cups, saucers, plates, teapots and dinner bells.
Nomadic hunter-gatherers show that cooperation is flexible, not fixed
Working with the Hadza in Tanzania, one of the last remaining populations of this kind in the world, Penn psychologists determined that an individual's propensity to share depends largely on how much the group shares.
“Gianoulis Chalepas: Return to Pyrgos” exhibition extended
So far, over 18,500 visitors had the opportunity to enjoy the exhibition that was organized on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Tinian sculptor’s death in 1938.
Discovery of an Early Iron Age tumulus on Anavlochos, Crete
As part of a 5-year programme of systematic excavations on Anavlochos, Crete, an Early Iron Age tumulus was discovered in August 2018 by a team from the French School at Athens, under the direction of Florence Gaignerot-Driessen.
Fossils reveal diverse Mesozoic pollinating lacewings
Recently, a research group has provided new insight into the niche diversity, chemical communication, and defense mechanisms of Mesozoic pollinating insects.
Excavations at Pafos-Toumballos
The 2018 excavations at Pafos-Toumballos, Cyprus, by the archaeological mission of the University of Catania, co-directed by Filippo and Elvia Giudice have been completed.
In Paper’s Night: Known and Unknown drawings by Nikos Houliaras
Exhibition dedicated to the drawings of Greek artist Nikos Houliaras, curated by art historian Elizabeth Plessa.
Traveling back 500 million years
The Museum of Paleontology and Geology offers a travel in time as far back as 500 million years ago.
The Pottery of the Nile Valley
The University of Naples, “l’Orientale”, announces the Summer School “The Pottery of the Nile Valley”, to be held in Naples from July 1st to 12th, 2019.