A rare find was dug up by volunteer archaeologists during a rescue excavation at a property in Long Melford: A six inch tall figurine dating from the first or second century, known as a ‘pseudo Venus’.
The Institute of Archaeology of the University of Zurich restituted two Egyptian mummy portraits from the 1st to 2nd century AD to the heirs of Berlin publisher Rudolf Mosse (1843-1920).
The European Museum Academy Annual Meeting and EMA Awards Ceremony will take place on the island of Lesbos from 19 to 21 May 2016. Read the EMA Statement about the reasons Lesbos was chosen as this year's conference venue.
For the past few months, Oxford University scientists have been testing a full head of hair found in a lead coffin in Romsey Abbey (Hampshire) in 1839.
The lecture is dealing with the resulting methodological problems and raises the question how reliable the Panathenaic amphorae of the late period are with regard to further interpretations and a better understanding of the Hellenistic period.
Researchers have used ‘network theory’ for the first time to visually depict the movement of dinosaurs around the world during the Mesozoic Era – including a curious exodus from Europe.
A rather unusual ancient mosaic has been discovered by archaeologists in the province of Hatay Turkey, during excavations. The mosaic depicts a skeleton holding a drink with the inscription "be cheerful and enjoy life" in ancient Greek.
Volcanic activity associated with the plate-tectonic movement of continents may be responsible for climatic shifts from hot to cold over tens and hundreds of millions of years throughout much of Earth’s history.
The items, which were found at the wreck of a 17th-century ship in the Wadden Sea near Texel, include a very luxurious gown that has remained remarkably well preserved.
The skeletal remains of a 40-year-old woman who died about 4,500 years ago were found at the archaeological site of Aspero, located on the Peruvian coast, near the ancient city of Caral.
In the next Minoan Seminar, to be given tomorrow, April 22, 2016, by Dr Maria Anastasiadou (Co-supervisor of the CMS archive, Heidelberg) the preliminary results of a new study of the impressed nodules from Kato Zakros.
The “prisoners” revealed at the Faliron Delta, during works of planting trees for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, won’t be backfilled, but preserved in situ.
A rare amulet more than 3,200 years old bearing the name of the Egyptian ruler Tuthmose III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty (who reigned from 1479-1425 BC) has been discovered at the Temple Mount Sifting Project located in Jerusalem’s Tzurim Valley.
Virtual and augmented reality have the potential to profoundly impact our society, but the technologies have a few bugs to work out to better simulate realistic visual experience.