Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen
Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon and Electra will be shown in January and February.
Major Viking Age manor discovered at Birka, Sweden
The survey revealed a major Viking period hall on the site, with a length of around 40 meters.
Fossils find reveal unseen ‘footprint’ maker
Fossils found in Morocco from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites, including rarely seen soft-body parts, may be previously unseen animals that left distinctive fossil ‘footprints’ around the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
Moldavian “long house” discovered near Chisinau
More than 20 meters could be the length of the relics of a wooden 7,000-year-old house, discovered by an international team of researchers near the city of Balti, about 100 km from Chisinau.
Egyptian perfume box missing fragments have been found
Pieces of a fragmented perfume box from ancient Egypt kept at a Scottish museum have been discovered and reunited with the rest of the remains.
Special feature prevented Roman chariots from crashing
A 2,000-year-old toy chariot has allowed researchers to discover what kept ancient Roman chariots from crashing.
Our hominid ancestors made and used tools
Neil Norman and Bruce Larson stumbled upon tools likely near where they were dropped by their makers as long as two and a half million years ago.
Discover the Ashmolean with a new podcast
A new podcast series in which Oxford University academics from very different fields discuss objects from the Ashmolean Museum has been launched.
The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed
Anthropologists at UdeM have dated the oldest human settlement in Canada back 10,000 years.
Discovery adds rock collecting to Neanderthal’s repertoire
The finding is important, because it adds to other recent evidence that Neanderthals were capable — on their own — of incorporating symbolic objects into their culture.
Portrait of Emperor Hadrian at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum honors the anniversary of the 1900 years since the ascent to the throne of Emperor Hadrian, a friend and benefactor of Athens.
Agios Sozomenos: Excavation results
This excavation season included continued excavation and geophysical surveys at the locality Tzirpoulos and at the fortress of Barsak.
How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
Sixty six million years ago dinosaurs, until then the masters of Earth, made space for the rise of the mammals, and eventually humankind. Scientists are still searching for the ultimate cause of their demise.
Mysterious ancient cone-shaped sea creatures
A team of scientists has finally determined what a bizarre group of extinct cone-shaped animals actually are.
Excavations at the “Kephala” site of Skiathos have been completed
The five year excavation programme at the site “Kephala” on the island of Skiathos has been recently completed.
Tracing human migration events after “out of Africa” origins
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed that augments a trio of influential papers published in 2016 in the journal Nature.
Mapping Aegina Kolonna
The next Mycenaean Seminar welcomes Professor Dr Katja Sporn, Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.
Stolen sarcophagus in New York gallery
Dr Christos Tsirogiannis claims that a section of a Roman sarcophagus, illegally exported from Greece, is offered for sale by an art gallery in New York.
Twelve rock cut tombs found in Gebel el Silsila
The Swedish excavation mission from Lund University at Gebel el Silsila in Upper Egypt led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward, discovered 12 rock cut tombs from the reign of the New Kingdom kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II.
Ice Age “skeleton crew” offers insights for today’s endangered species
Ice Age "skeleton crew" offers insights for today’s endangered species.
Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands history
Have you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have eaten the same food as the original inhabitants ate, nearly 2,000 years ago.
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Two calcified nodules, each the size of a strawberry, nestled at the base of the chest, just below the ribs of the skeleton caught the archaeologist's attention.
Scientists Find Human Probably Made Silk 8500 Years Ago
Researchers uncovered biomolecular evidence of silk from 8,500-year-old tombs at the Neolithic site of Jiahu.