Traces of flowers on Red Lady’s tomb
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country researchers Maria José Iriarte and Álvaro Arrizabalaga have published a paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science monograph on the burial of the Red Lady in Cantabria.
Save Mes Aynak
"The time to act is now. My fear is that we'll all gasp in horror when the Mes Aynak site is destroyed but won't do much when there was actually time to save it." - Brent Huffman, Director of "Saving Mes Aynak".
The “Serpent Column” will once again adorn Delphi
A replica of the famous sacrificial tripod dedicated to Apollo to commemorate the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Plataea (479 BC) will be place in the archaeological site of Delphi.
Heritage destruction as an archaeological opportunity?
Researchers say it is possible to obtain a great deal of original and important information from sites that have suffered badly through conflict.
The Western Traditions of Ancient History
Since the 18th century the study of Ancient History has centred around two separate concepts, imperialism and liberty, as Professor Oswyn Murray (University of Oxford) will explain in the presentation of his paper "The Western Traditions of Ancient History", at the British School at Athens, next Monday.
Ancient Zominthos: Restoration after illegal digging
Restoration of the damages caused by looters at the Zominthos archaeological site on Mount Psiloritis on Crete have begun on Monday. As announced by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the site was vandalized.
Αegean and Cypriot trade in the 2nd millennium BC
Cyprus Seminar by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Museum of Cycladic Art).
Human hunting weapons may not have caused the demise of the Neanderthals
Technological innovation may not have led to the colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans, suggests new study.
Bizarre ‘platypus’ dinosaur discovered
Although closely related to T-Rex, a new dinosaur discovered is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze upon plants.
Knowledge, love and diplomacy
Lecture at the Netherlands Institute at Athens by Professor Dr Jan Bransen (Radboud University).
Digital meets Culture
The portal Digital Meets Culture calls for contributions, i.e. interesting news concerning new technologies applied to creativity and culture.
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).