Jan Assmann Has Passed Away
He redefined ancient Egyptian religion, literature, and history, through the prism of Cultural Theory and Memory, Reception Studies, Historical Anthropology, and even Theology.
Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia
Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago humans created a habitat for birds that would otherwise have migrated, a new study reveals.
Researchers attempt to document Gullah Geechee history
Within the depths of the lower Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers lie remnants of the region's history of rice cultivation and the enslaved West Africans and their descendants.
Insight into the cave life of early human settlements in the Amazon
Some of the earliest people to migrate to South America during the late Pleistocene era turned shallow caves in the Amazon into homes and safe havens.
Did Eurasia’s dominant East-West axis “turn the fortunes of history”?
New research shows that environmental barriers have influenced the spread of cultural innovations but do not consistently favour Eurasia.
Website Turin Papyrus Collection
The Museo Egizio in Turin has its own website for the Turin Papyrus Collection.
Unesco Releases Gaza Strip Damage Assessment Report
20 of the sites designated as of interest are located in Gaza City (Gaza Governorate), one in Jabalia and one in Rafah
Excavation at Kalavasos-Laroumena and Arkhangelos
The Kalavasos-Laroumena Archaeological project studies the Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (c. 2000-1650BC) in the Vasilikos Valley.
The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped
Researchers are now able to state that “Vittrup Man” travelled across a wide geographical area during his lifetime.
Anthropologists’ research unveils Early Stone plaza in the Andes
Two University of Wyoming anthropology professors have discovered one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America.
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherers
When the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations.
The tomb of Scribe Neferhotep has been opened to visitors
The tomb of Neferhotep, the scribe of Amun-Re, located in the Khokha area of Luxor’s West Bank, has been inaugurated.
Polish scientists discover unusual fish from 365 million years ago
A 365 million-year-old, over 2m long predatory armoured fish with an extremely elongated lower jaw found in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
A submerged hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea
Researchers have discovered a 970-metre-long megastructure of linear arranged stones submerged in the Bay of Mecklenburg.
Oldest known bead in the Americas discovered
Todd Surovell and his team of collaborators have discovered a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old.
Love and Hate in Ancient Times
Magical texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are the focus of a research project at the University of Würzburg.
Painkiller or Pleasure?
First firm evidence that the Romans deliberately collected and used the poisonous seeds of the black henbane plant.
Peatland ‘time capsule’ reveals prehistoric woodland habitat
An area of buried prehistoric woodland, plant and insect remains, has been discovered on land cared for by the National Trust on Exmoor in Somerset.
Innovation in stone tool technology and modern human dispersals
A study led by researchers at the Nagoya University Museum in Japan may change how we understand the cultural evolution of Homo sapiens.
DAI Athens: Lectures Februar-Juni 2024
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its foundation, a series of lectures will be devoted to individual projects of the DAI Athens.
Rare finds from Nottingham’s historic caves on display
The fascinating story of the hundreds of man-made caves underneath the city of Nottingham is being revealed in a new, free exhibition at the University of Nottingham Museum.
Thailand’s Iron Age Log Coffin culture
Ancient DNA helps researchers elucidate the structure of a prehistoric community from Southeast Asia.
Committee to review controversial pyramid restoration project
A scientific committee will review the proposed restoration work of the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Plateau.
Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize: first scroll read!
The general subject of the text is pleasure, which, properly understood, is the highest good in Epicurean philosophy.