Window on a lost world
A reminder for a dinner invitation and a touching letter from a young man to his mother offer a rare glimpse of daily life in ancient Egypt.
How the mammoth got its wool
Evolutionary change in a gene resurrected in the lab from the extinct woolly mammoth altered the gene's temperature sensitivity and likely was part of a suite of adaptations that allowed the mammoth to survive in harsh arctic environments, according to new research.
A Rothschild Renaissance
The Waddesdon Bequest gallery is unique in showing an entire surviving 19th Century collection of exceptional quality and rarity.
Ceramic art from the earth of Lapithos
The exhibition at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia presents the evolution of Lapithian ceramics.
Roman villa on Gianuttri island reopens its doors
The remains of one of the most prestigious maritime villas from Roman times was reopened yesterday, July 2, 2015, on an almost uninhabited island off the Tuscan coast.
ISIS destroys the Lion of Allat in Palmyra
ISIS militants destroyed the famous statue of the Lion of Allat in Palmyra. UNESCO once against condemned the "culture cleansing" being carried out by Islamic State jihadists and called for a campaign against it.
Bronze Age site yields evidence on everyday life
Evidence from Must Farm, a Bronze Age site near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, yields valuable information on how life was in Britain 3,000 years ago.
A two thousand year old bath below the living room floor
An ancient, two thousand year old ritual bath (miqwe) was discovered below a living room floor during renovations carried out in a private house in the picturesque neighborhood of ‘Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.
Footprint on Roman tile found at Vindolanda
Student unearthed a tile with a human footprint that was accidentally – or perhaps even mischievously – pressed into the freshly made object more than two millennia ago, in Vindolanda.
South Africans used milk-based paint 49,000 years ago
Scientists have discovered a milk-and ochre-based paint dating to 49,000 years ago that inhabitants may have used to adorn themselves with or to decorate stone or wooden slabs.
Detecting creativity in art
A pair of Serbian computer scientists figured out a way to detect cognitive processes involved in human creativity.
Launch of global Unite for Heritage Coalition in Bonn
The campaign is designed to strengthen the mobilization of governments and all heritage stakeholders in the face of deliberate damage to cultural heritage, particularly in the Middle East.
Bronze Age man’s diet and the arrival of new crops in the Iberian Peninsula
Researchers from the universities of Granada, Santiago de Compostela and Reading (UK) have studied human skeletal remains from the Cova do Santo collective burial cave in northwestern Spain.
New finds in the waters north-east of Delos
New finds in the waters north-east of Delos clarify the use of sunken buildings.
Ancient Greeks believed the dead could rise from their graves
Two graves from Passo Marinaro, an ancient Greek necropolis in Sicily, with large amphora fragments and stones covering parts of the bodies, indicate ancient Greeks feared the dead could rise from their graves. “Necrophobia, or the fear of the dead,
Museums in Motion
“Museums in motion” is an international conference dedicated to exploring the emergent reconsideration of both the content and the role of city museums.
Fossil reveals tiny Cambrian sea creature mystery
A fossil from Canada has finally allowed baffled scientists to say with certainty which side the animal's head was.
Collaboration between the National Library and the Center for Hellenic Studies
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) has donated to the National Library of Greece a complete series of its publications, the Hellenic Studies Series.
5,000-year-old human footprints discovered in Denmark
5,000 year-old footprints were discovered by archaeologists from the Museum Lolland-Faster in Denmark during the excavations for the future Fehrman Belt Fix link giving insight into people's daily lives.
Scarlet macaws point to early complexity at Chaco Canyon
Carbon 14 dating of scarlet macaw remains indicates that interaction between Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, N.M., and Mesoamerica began more than 100 years earlier than previously thought.
New Sesotho-named dinosaur from South Africa
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new 200 million year old dinosaur from South Africa, and named it Sefapanosaurus, from the Sesotho word "sefapano".
Traces of second wreck located at Antikythera
The shipwreck that carried the Antikythera Mechanism might have been accompanied by a second ship, as signs from the ongoing research indicate.
Farmer finds 2,500-year-old gold bracelets
Gold items preliminarily dated to 1600-400 BC have been discovered by a farmer near Jasło in the Subcarpathia. The antique objects have been taken to the Sub-Carpathian Museum in Krosno.
Runciman Award to Leroi’s “The Lagoon”
Armand M. Leroi’s The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (Bloomsbury Publishing) is this year’s winner of the Runciman Award for books published in 2014.