The Mystic Lettrist Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami
The 34th Annual Walton Lecture, organized by the ASCSA, is dedicated to Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami.
Egypt: Last Pharaohs. From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Leoben (Austria) features over 200 objects, statues, reliefs, inscriptions and papyri.
Aid workers should read through archaeologists’ notebooks on building houses
Aid workers at natural disasters should consider long-term archaeological information about how locals constructed their homes in the past.
Woolly mammoth genomes mapped
An international team of researchers headed by a Greek geneticist have deciphered the complete genomes of two woolly mammoth specimens.
Documenting sociopolitical changes in Pre- and Proto-Palatial Petras
In the context of the Minoan Seminar series Metaxia Tsipopoulou, head of Petras excavations, will talk about "Documenting sociopolitical changes in Pre- and Proto-Palatial Petras: the House Tomb cemetery".
Deciphering the demise of Neanderthals
Analysis of two baby teeth from northern Italy has shown that the innovative stone tools and ornaments of the Protoaurignacian culture were made by modern humans, and not Neanderthals.
Five-year old Neanderthal fossils in a hyena’s den
An interdisciplinary scientific team, coordinated by researchers in the University of Barcelona (UB), has discovered a mandible and a humerus of a five-year old Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) in the Cova del Gegant, in Sitges (Barcelona).
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri contained hangover remedy
The newly published volume of the Oxyrhynchus papyri contains several treatments from hangover to hemorrhoids and gangrene.
How the Mayas struggled against drought
As California enters the fourth year of a crippling drought, Peter Douglas of the state's Institute of Technology and his colleagues publish a study pinpointing the devastating effects of climate change on ancient Maya civilization...
Best sellers of HUP available online for free
Four best sellers from Harvard University Press are available online for free at the CHS website!
Music, language & identity in Modern Greece
Conference about the creation of national poetry and art music in Greece since the 19th century.
Meeting the gaze of Zeus
A recently published paper demonstrates that it was possible to have the Zeus temple at Olympia illuminated through the roof marble tiles.
Thracian child sacrifices found in Bulgarian site
The skeletal remains of three children sacrificed by Ancient Thracians in the 6th c. BC, as archaeologists believe, have been uncovered in a ritual pit at a site near Mursalevo (southwest Bulgaria).
Calculating how the Pacific was settled
Using statistics that describe how an infectious disease spreads, a University of Utah anthropologist analyzed different theories of how people first settled islands of the vast Pacific between 3,500 and 900 years ago.
A rare Third Dynasty find at Quesna
A team of archaeologists under the auspices of the Egypt Exploration Society, led by Dr Joanne Rowland (Free University of Berlin), has located an Old Kingdom mastaba at Quesna.
Fragments of the “white walls” found
Limestone fragments of the 5,200 year-old enclosure wall, once surrounded Old Kingdom capital of Memphis at the mouth of the Nile Delta, were uncovered by a team from the Russian Institute of Egyptology at Kom Tuman.
Footprints give a glimpse into early human life
Dozens of 1.5-million-year-old human footprints in Kenya may be evidence of an early antelope hunt, offering a rare look at the lives of ancient humans.
The Kastri group evidence from Dhaskalio, Keros
In the context of the Cyclades Seminar series, archaeologist Dr Peggy Sotirakopoulou will address the topic "The Kastri group evidence from Dhaskalio, Keros and its implications for the late Early Bronze Age in the Cyclades".
“Europe of Greece” extended
Following its warm reception, the exhibition “The Europe of Greece: Colonies and coins from the Alpha Bank Collection”, is extended until Sunday, October 18, 2015.
How ancient species survived
Researchers at an old geological site talk 'dirt' about how Ice Age climate change led to the extinction of mammoths and mastodons, but to the evolution and survival of bison, deer and other present-day species.
Palaeolithic remains prove cannibalistic habits of human ancestors
Gough’s Cave in Somerset was thought to have given up all its secrets when excavations ended in 1992, yet research on human bones from the site has continued in the decades since.
Were Gods Meant to Entertain?
"Were Gods Meant to Entertain? Exploring Performativity, Theatricality and Entertainment in the Aegean Bronze Age Religion" is the title of the lecture to be given by Elene Balomenou.
Herakles – a hero for all ages
An exhibition that reimagines Greek hero Herakles as a 19th century colonist in New Zealand opens at the Museum of Classical Archaeology.
Free entry to monuments and sites of Cyprus
On the occasion of the International Day of Monuments and Sites, entry to 11 archaeological sites and ancient monuments of Cyprus will be free of charge.