Two Greek museums among the winners of the Museums in Short 2018
Two Greek museums among the winners for short videos they produced.
Coastal strip in Brazil sheds new light on early farming
Humans may have been cultivating plants on a narrow coastal strip in Brazil as far back as 4,800 years ago, according to a new study.
Fire at the Brazil’s oldest museum causes immense destruction
On Sunday a fire destroyed a two-century-old building in Brazil which accommodated one of the country's oldest and most significant museums. Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been destroyed and others severely damaged.
Costume in the Prehistoric Aegean at the National Archaeological Museum
From Monday September 3 to Sunday September 16 experimental reconstructions of costumes inspired by Minoan Crete, Thera and Mycenaean Greece will be on display in the Museum’s exhibition areas.
New finds at the Prastio-Mesorotsos site
In the tenth excavation season at the site, the team excavated in four areas.
Cold climates contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals
Climate change may have played a more important role in the extinction of Neanderthals than previously believed.
Samara Polytech geologists discovered the fullest skull of Wetlugasaurus
Wetlugasaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of northern Russia and Greenland.
Getting to the roots of our ancient cousin’s diet
The splay of tooth roots reveals how South African hominins, Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus, chewed their food.
Excavations at the citadel of ancient Pafos (Kouklia)
The 2018 excavations took place between May and July and concentrated on the plateau (citadel) of Hadjiabdoulla, one kilometer east of the sanctuary of Aphrodite.
Prehistoric peopling in southeast Asia
In the present study, the international research team succeeded in extracting and sequencing DNA from 25 ancient individuals' skeletons from Southeast Asian remains.
Kotyora: Statues were found of Dionysus and Pan
As excavations continue this year at the Kurul Castle, two statuettes of Dionysus and Pan have come to light.
Pebble floor uncovered in the Small Theatre of Amvrakia
A pebble floor that adorned the circular space of a bathhouse has been uncovered in the Small Theatre in ancient Amvrakia, Arta.
‘Golden man’ found in burial mound in Kazakhstan
A “golden man” mummy dating back to the 8th-7th centuries BC came to light in the Yeleke Sazy burial mound during excavations in the remote Tarbagatai Mountains in East Kazakhstan.
Rare Hellenistic-era golden earring discovered in Jerusalem
The findings from this excavation open a window to what Jerusalem was like during the early Hellenistic period.
Traces of submerged Stone Age settlement in Southeast Finland
The prehistoric settlement under Lake Kuolimojarvi gives insight to human occupation in South Karelia during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Stone Age.
Important finds in the sanctuary of Apollo on Despotiko
Important finds were made during this year’s excavations in the sanctuary of Apollo at the site of Mandra on the uninhabited island of Despotikon, west of Antiparos.
Native Americans engaged in trade more extensively than thought
Not only objects, but belief systems, cultural values and societal norms were also exchanged.
Pompeii yields more treasures
Archaeologists at Regio V of Pompeii have been excavating the House of Jupiter, home of a wealthy and cultured man.
Silver tornese coins from Morea found in Rusocastro fortress
A hoard of seven silver coins minted in the Principality of Achaea,or Morea, has been discovered by archaeologists in the Rusocastro Fortress in Southeast Bulgaria.
Events for the August Full Moon
A total of 132 archaeological sites and museums will participate in the Full Moon 2018 celebration.
The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversity
A study that examined the shape of hundreds of fossilized shark teeth suggests that modern shark biodiversity was triggered by the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event.
Meeting our “Acheulian” ancestors and their “multipurpose tools”
The excavation at Rodaphnidia is of particular value for the history of humankind but also for the history of Europe.
Modern Flores Island pygmies show no genetic link to extinct ‘hobbits’
Two pygmy populations on the same tropical island. One went extinct tens of thousands of years ago; the other still lives there. Are they related?
New light shed on the people who built Stonehenge
Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to be there.