Delos, the Sacred Island
We are happy to announce the launch of our YouTube channel! Our first video is about Delos, the Sacred Island.
Hidden medical text read for the first time in a thousand years
With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen.
5,000 years of history brought to light in excavations in Thrace
Archaeological remnants of human activity in Thrace from the Neolithic (4th millennium BC) to the post-Byzantine period have been brought to light from archaeological excavations, carried out in the context of construction works for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.
Skilled female potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago
Was it the fine pottery itself, or the artisans who made it, that moved around the Baltic Sea region during the Corded Ware Culture of late Neolithic period?
Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago
New chronological data for the Middle Pleistocene glacial cycles push back the first glaciation and early human appearance in central Germany by about 100,000 years.
Mysterious head of a pharaoh discovered by Swansea Egyptologist
Swansea University Egyptology lecturer Dr Ken Griffin has found a depiction of one of the most famous pharaoh’s in history Hatshepsut on an object in the Egypt Centre stores.
Two Olmec busts are returned to Mexico by Germany
Two Mesoamerican busts have been returned to Mexico by Germany in a repatriation ceremony on Tuesday.
First evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies
Isotope analysis led to the conclusion that the Maya raised and traded dogs and other animals, probably for ceremonial use.
Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet
New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago.
Intensification of agriculture and social hierarchies evolve together
Computational analyses of the evolution of 155 Island South East Asian and Pacific societies reveal the way social and material factors combine to drive major transitions in human social organization.
Ten Auspicious Landscapes of Taishan to be auctioned at Hong Kong
Ten Landscapes of Taishan, on a scroll by Qian Weicheng, will be auctioned at Sotheby's Honk Kong in April.
“Memory of the World”. The oracular questions of Dodona
According to Konstantinos Soueref, head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina, all necessary procedures are going ahead for this heritage to be included on the UNESCO list.
Gallery talks: Eleusis – The great mysteries
The exhibition “Eleusis. The great mysteries” presents the most important artifacts brought to light by the archaeological excavation in Eleusis.
Promiscuity may have accelerated animal domestication
Domestication of wild animals may have accelerated as promiscuity increased among the high density populations drawn to life near humans.
Agriculture initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migration
Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey’s Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought.
Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity
Memories of the largest lava flood in the history of Iceland, recorded in an apocalyptic medieval poem, were used to drive the island’s conversion to Christianity, new research suggests.
Searching for archaeological items in the Thames mud
On the foreshore of the River Thames, hidden in the mud, numerous historical and archaeological items are preserved in time.
Apology from Facebook for blocking Delacroix painting
It temporarily blocked an advertisement using the famous romantic painting by Eugene Delacroix "Liberty leading the people".
“Raidestos-Thessaloniki” at the Archaeological Museum of Alexandroupolis
The Archaeological Museum of Alexandroupolis opens to the public, hosting the temporary exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki “Raidestos-Thessaloniki: Antiquities in a refugee journey”.
Fred Boissonnas in Egypt
The exhibition ‘Fred Boissonnas in Egypt’ focuses on his photographic oeuvre for the two books about Egypt and Sinai and traces the evolution of the acclaimed photographer’s aesthetic.
Settlement found underwater could be first port of Naples
An underwater harbour found off the shore of Naples in Italy could be the ancient Greek port of Palepolis archaeologists say.
Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, study shows
Archaeologists from the University of Granada have carried out excavations in the Biniadris Cave located on the Balearic Island of Menorca, uncovering enigmatic funeral rituals.
Researchers add 700 years to Malta’s history
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered that the first people to inhabit Malta arrived 700 years earlier than history books indicate.
Workers discover ancient coastline in West London
Engineers working on Britain’s new high speed railway have discovered an ancient, sub-tropical coastline dating back 56 million years.