Objects from the São José slave ship go on loan
Objects from a slave ship that sank off the coast of Cape Town in 1794 will be on long-term loan to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
2,000-year-old figurine of Mercury in Yorkshire
A 2,000-year-old figurine of the Roman god Mercury was discovered by a member of the York and District Metal Detecting Club in a field in north Yorkshire.
Exhibition celebrates Brisbane Cypriot community’s ancient heritage
A new exhibition at The University of Queensland’s RD Milns Antiquities Museum will showcase the rich and fascinating history and archaeology of ancient and modern day Cyprus.
Modern human dispersal into Europe came from the Levant
Modern humans occupied the Near East 45,900 years ago and colonized Europe from there.
God’s Wives of Amun in Egypt during the First Millenium BC
The conference will focus on the heyday of the institution of the God’s Wives, the influence and power of these women, as well as their social and economic context.
Looted Thracian krater recovered by Bulgarian police
A rare Thracian krater was found by the Bulgarian police in the car of a 33-year-old man accused for treasure hunting in the town of Susam (Haskovo District).
Invaluable Middle-Minoan Kouros was found in the possession of looters
An ancient figurine dating back to the Middle-Minoan period and depicting a Kouros was found in the possession of looters in Lassithi Municipality.
Social media & archaeology – a match not made in heaven
Do social media applications potentially more harm than good - by allowing archaeology and the future of collective cultural heritage to be swept away by naïve initiatives without strategic oversight.
HMS Erebus artefacts retrieved
About a month ago, underwater archaeologists descended to the wreck site of HMS Erebus, recovering artefacts from Franklin's cabin.
First interpersonal violence among humans documented
Research of the fractures on a prehistoric skull provide the earliest evidence of lethal interpersonal violence in the hominin fossil record.
New human ancestor species from Ethiopia lived alongside Lucy’s species
An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, has discovered a 3.3 to 3.5 million-year-old new human ancestor species.
Playing Scrabble with Sappho
Today, May 28, 2015, at 4.00 p.m., James N. Stone, educator, psychologist, and translator, will hold the first of two sessions on the poetry of Sappho at the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Byzantine shipwreck discovered off the coast of Sevastopol
Α Byzantine trade ship has been found by divers on the Black Sea bed off the coast of Crimea. Around the sunken vessel hundreds of ceramic amphoras were discovered, which were probably used to transport wine and oil.
Stolen Pompeii frescoes returned to Italy by the US
A collection of stolen artefacts has been returned to Italy, following an international investigation by cooperating Italian and American authorities.
Looting of the tomb of Djehutyhotep
The Leuven University archaeology mission, who has been carrying out excavations in Deir el-Bersha, where the looted tomb of Djehutyhotep is located, has posted some new photos, showing the damaged wall reliefs, and issued a statement.
New finds at Plassi, Marathon in Attica
University of Athens has announced the completion of the Plassi excavations and issued a press release of this season's most important findings.
Earliest known depiction of music scene in Israel
The most ancient music scene known in the research of Israel appears on a rare 5,000 year old cylinder seal impression from the Early Bronze Age.
“Pompeii and Europe” opens in Naples
"Pompeii and Europe" opens its doors tomorrow, May 27th, at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Evidence of Neanderthals on Greek island of Naxos
Archaeological findings at the Stélida site, on the Greek island of Naxos, indicate the existence of humans on the island as early as 260,000 years ago.
Our bond with dogs may go back more than 27,000 years
Dogs' special relationship to humans may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years, according to genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone.
Jerusalem’s Lower Aqueduct came to light
A section of Jerusalem’s Lower Aqueduct was revealed in the Umm Tuba quarter (near Har Homa) during the construction of a sewer line in the neighborhood by the Gihon Company.
Pantāi krēpides: shoe-talk from Homer to Herodas
A Dialogos lecture offering a comprehensive discussion of ancient Greek poetic talk about shoes, slippers and sandals, as well as a sample of iconographic representations.
The first painting to be sold from Cornelius Gurlitt’s trove of art
Sotheby’s to offer an exceptional painting by Max Liebermann. Discovered in Gurlitt’s home and since successfully restituted to its rightful heirs.
The Egtved Girl was not from Denmark
The Bronze Age Egtved Girl came from far away, as revealed by strontium isotope analyses of the girl's teeth.