Visiting the restored Eupalinian aqueduct on Samos Island
The aqueduct and tunnel have been declared an International Tunnelling Landmark by ASCE.
Oldest recorded solar eclipse helps date the Egyptian pharaohs
Researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded.
‘Mega-carnivore’ dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago
An international team of scientists has discovered the first evidence that a huge carnivorous dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million year ago.
6,000-year-old skull could be from the world’s earliest known tsunami victim
Scientists studying the effects of tsunamis have now shed light on what could be the earliest record of a person killed in a tsunami.
Crops evolving ten millennia before experts thought
Ancient hunter-gatherers began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to thirty thousand years ago.
Could Squirrel trade have contributed to England’s medieval leprosy outbreak?
Genetic analysis of a pre-Norman skull unearthed in a garden in Hoxne, Suffolk, has added to a growing body of evidence that East Anglia may have been the epicentre of an epidemic of leprosy that spread through medieval England.
Deadly lead: how lead poisoning affected the Roman Empire
Archaeologists at the University of Sheffield are investigating how lead poisoning affected human health in the Roman Empire.
Suspected looted ancient Greek vases for sale at London art fair
Two ancient Greek vases on sale at London art fair are considered looted antiquities by experts.
A 16th-century astrolabe has been found off the coast of Oman
Archaeologists say a navigational tool found in Vasco da Gama's sunken ship off the coast of Oman is an astrolabe. It was found near al-Hallaniyah island in the Arabian Sea.
Ancient vase painting and contemporary creations of visual art
A temporary exhibition of the Spanish painter Miguel Ángel Vázguez will be hosted at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
Masterpieces from the Shanghai Museum to the Acropolis Museum
A bronze ritual basin and the painted scroll “Travelling along the Clear River” make up the works exhibited by the Acropolis Museum in honour of October 28.
Older Neandertal survived with a little help from his friends
An older Neandertal from about 50,000 years ago, who had suffered multiple injuries and other degenerations, became deaf and must have relied on the help of others to avoid prey and survive well into his 40s.
Unique ancient ornamental figurines found during excavations in Russia
Ancient ornaments discovered during excavations in Russia are puzzling archaeologists as to the culture that made them.
Coptic tombstone found in Luxor
A very well preserved Coptic tombstone has been discovered during excavations in Luxor.
Capturing memories of museums before and after the occupation
The exhibition displays, among other things, archive images of exhibition spaces in the National Archaeological Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Delphi before the World War II.
Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica now online
A double corpus of the Greek Inscriptions of Libya has just been published online.
A 2,000-year-old mosaic is returned to Italy along with other artefacts
Part of a floor mosaic turned into a coffee table, coming from one of emperor Caligula's private ceremonial ships, is returned to Italy from the United States among other artefacts.
The Theatre of Ancient Thouria has come to light
The excavation at the “Hellenika” site brought to light the entire perimeter of the ancient theatre’s orchestra whose diameter is 16.30 m.
New tyrannosaur fossil is most complete found in Southwestern US
It was airlifted by helicopter Sunday, Oct 15, from a remote field site, and delivered to the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Ancient Greek theatre acoustics not as legendary as described
Researchers who have examined the famous acoustics of the ancient theatre of Epidaurus say they are not as stunning as it has been claimed.
The Benaki Toy Museum: A world dedicated to childhood
The Toy Museum aims to study, promote and display all the aspects and expressions of the ‟Child and Toy” theme, while simultaneously it narrates, in an inventive way, the everyday life of children from the 17th century down to our times.
“Greece’s paleontological wealth can and must be made good use of”
Last August, the foundations were laid for the first Paleontological Museum and Natural History Park of the Peloponnese at Isioma in Karyes, near Megalopolis.
Climate historians link Cleopatra’s fall to volcanic eruption
A new study suggests that Cleopatra's defeat was actually caused by environmental reasons due to a volcanic eruption.
Exhibition of manuscripts of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture presents in the reception hall (foyer) an exhibition of manuscripts from its collection, in the context of the exhibition, titled “Five exhibitions of manuscripts from small collections in Thessaloniki”.