Rare Roman frescoes discovered at Zippori in the Galilee

Rare Roman frescoes discovered at Zippori in the Galilee

The discovery in Zippori is unique and provides new information regarding murals in Roman Palestine. Zippori is well known for its unique mosaics. The newly discovered frescos are now added to the city’s rich material culture.
Darius I stele found in ancient town of Phanagoria in Russia

Darius I stele found in ancient town of Phanagoria in Russia

The inscription on the stele made in the name of King Darius I is evidently devoted to the crushing of the Ionian revolt. The discovery places Phanagoria in the context of one of the most important events of ancient history.
Human burial found in the middle of the altar at Mt. Lykaion

Human burial found in the middle of the altar at Mt. Lykaion

Despite the fact that it is still too early to draw conclusions about the circumstances that led to the deceased’s death, the burial’s prominent position in the middle of the altar and its orientation, certainly demonstrate its importance.
The “voices” of Joan of Arc

The “voices” of Joan of Arc

Italian researchers attribute the voices Joan of Arc heard and the visions she saw during the Hundred Year’s War to a form of epilepsy.
The Antikythera mechanism offers information on ancient views about the Universe

The Antikythera mechanism offers information on ancient views about the Universe

The Antikythera mechanism, the world's oldest known 'computer', which was used in reference to the positions of the sun, the moon, stars and planets, offers us an insight into the view of the universe by ancient Greeks.
Things Unseen: Vision, Belief, and Experience in Illuminated Manuscripts

Things Unseen: Vision, Belief, and Experience in Illuminated Manuscripts

Drawn primarily from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s extraordinary collection of manuscripts, this exhibition focuses on aspects of medieval spirituality that can be difficult to translate visually.
Long Night of Museums in Berlin

Long Night of Museums in Berlin

Berlin’s museums are opening their doors in the middle of the night, on August 27.
Palmyra Requiem extended

Palmyra Requiem extended

The exhibition Palmyra Requiem, which opened at the Benaki Museum on June 14, is being extended until September 25, 2016.
National Museum of Oman has opened its gates in Muscat

National Museum of Oman has opened its gates in Muscat

The National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman opened its gates to the public on 30 July in Muscat.
Roman Mosaics across the Empire

Roman Mosaics across the Empire

The exhibition "Roman Mosaics across the Empire" will be on view until September 12, 2016, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
Private donation of prehistoric clay figurine

Private donation of prehistoric clay figurine

A Bronze Age figurine was donated to the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus by its owner, after having been looted and repatriated last year along with other antiquities found in the illegal possession of Aydin Dikmen.
Digitally Diagnosing Dinosaurs

Digitally Diagnosing Dinosaurs

Researchers used the microCT scanning facilities at Harvard University's Center for Nanoscale Systems to do an internal diagnosis. The prehistoric patient was a Hadrosaur.
Ancient bones, teeth, tell story of strife at Cahokia

Ancient bones, teeth, tell story of strife at Cahokia

Dozens of people buried in mass graves in an ancient mound in Cahokia, a pre-Columbian city in Illinois near present-day St. Louis, likely lived in or near Cahokia most of their lives.
Hunter-gatherers experimented with farming in Turkey before migrating to Europe

Hunter-gatherers experimented with farming in Turkey before migrating to Europe

Clusters of hunter-gatherers spent much of the late Stone Age working out the basics of farming on the fertile lands of what is now Turkey before taking this knowledge to Europe.
New finding helps understand feeding ecology of Pleistocene proboscideans

New finding helps understand feeding ecology of Pleistocene proboscideans

Recently, a Sino-British team of palaeontologists explored the feeding ecology of Chinese proboscideans from different Pleistocene stages, using cutting-edge 3D dental microwear texture analysis.
University of Leicester discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see

University of Leicester discovery sheds light on how vertebrates see

Discovery identifies details in eyes of 300-million-year-old lamprey and hagfish fossils.
Bronze Age underwater site Pavlopetri at risk

Bronze Age underwater site Pavlopetri at risk

As Pavlopetri is threatened by pollution and looting, authorities now take steps to promote the site.
Scientists scan most complete Heterodontosaurus skeleton ever found

Scientists scan most complete Heterodontosaurus skeleton ever found

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) had an extraordinary and ancient visitor last week: the most complete fossil skeleton ever found of the small plant-eating dinosaur, heterondontosaurus tucki.
Tracking down the first chefs

Tracking down the first chefs

A piece of research by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country establishes the bases that can be used to differentiate between bones eaten by humans and those eaten by animals among the bones found on archaeological sites.
The great evolutionary smoke out: An advantage for modern humans?

The great evolutionary smoke out: An advantage for modern humans?

A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps sparked an evolutionary advantage over Neandertals.
Population boom preceded early farming

Population boom preceded early farming

A population boom and scarce food explain why people in eastern North America domesticated plants for the first time on the continent about 5,000 years ago
Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives

Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives

For the first time, the changing diets of elephants in the last two million years in China have been reconstructed, using a technique based on analysis of the surface textures of their teeth.
Aerial technology is transforming understanding of the past

Aerial technology is transforming understanding of the past

A Roman camp in Dorset, a Neolithic henge in East Yorkshire and a Bronze Age cemetery in West Sussex are among the amazing archaeological sites Historic England has discovered from the air.
First World War submarine wreck sites protected

First World War submarine wreck sites protected

British and German submarines from the First World War have been made Protected Historic Wreck Sites.
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