Menkaure Pyramid open to public
The pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three at the Giza Necropolis, is now open to the public after renovation works were completed.
Neanderthals extinct from Iberian Peninsula earlier than thought
Findings at the El Salt site in Spain, show that Neanderthals disappeared from the Iberian Peninsula earlier than it was believed until now.
Nok Culture study enters its third round
Excavations in Nigeria currently not possible. Frankfurt archaeologists do not want to take any security risks. Now the existing data will first be evaluated at home.
Polish student reconstructed houses of the first Egyptians
Jacek Karmowski prepared virtual 3D models of ancient Egyptian houses, based on the results of the Tell el-Farcha excavations in the Nile Delta.
In a crisis, the bigger your social network, the better
The more you know your neighbors, the better off you may be when disaster strikes, a new study from the University of Arizona suggests.
15-million-year-old mollusk protein “beautifully preserved”
A find which gives us a window back around 15 million years, which is about the same time the first mammoths appeared.
International Museum Day 2015
This internationally popular event is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society.
By the Rivers of Babylon
On display for the first time are original artifacts dating to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Exile, including clay tablets from the Al-Yahudu archive.
Upright body plan may have evolved multiple times
The fossilized, about 6 inches long hipbone of an ape called Sivapithecus is raising a host of new questions about whether the upright body plan of apes may have evolved multiple times.
Olympus: The Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin
Exhibition featuring over 160 works, including marble statues and reliefs, bronze statuettes, terracotta vases, and jewelry from the Berlin State Museum’s classical antiquities collection, drawn from the Altes Museum and the Pergamonmuseum.
Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture
The Conference on Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture will be hosted at the University of Winnipeg, in Canada, on October 2-4, 2015.
Lepanto: The Naval Battle
The exhibition “Alkis Pierrakos. Lepanto: The Naval Battle” opens its doors today (February 5, 2015), at the at the Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery of Athens.
Hunter-gatherers’ dental “harmony” disrupted by diet shift
Hunter gatherer populations had an almost "perfect harmony" between their lower jaws and teeth. This harmony began to fade with the transition to agriculture.
Fishy cooking habits of North American hunter-gatherers
Archaeologists have discovered the first use of pottery in north-eastern North America was largely due to the cooking, storage and social feasting of fish by hunter-gatherers.
Tonal languages require humidity
Languages with a wide range of tone pitches have primarily developed in regions with high levels of humidity.
The giant pacarana used its teeth as tusks
Josephoartigasia monesi may have used its incisors for activities other than biting, such as digging in the ground for food, or defending itself from predators.
Nineveh wall blown up by ISIS
Large parts of the ancient Nineveh wall were detonated by ISIS, as was announced by a Kurdish official on Tuesday.
Bowhunting may have fostered social cohesion during the Neolithic period
Spanish archaeologists have analyzed the Neolithic bows found in the site of La Draga (Girona, Spain).
Angels: The Bureaucracy of the Divine
Lecture by Hara Papatheodorou (Emeritus Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, The American College of Greece) at the Canadian Institute in Greece.
Bronze statues attributed to Michelangelo
Two bronze statues, representing two male figures riding panthers, have been identified as the only metal sculptures by Michelangelo.
Clare, a new landmark for Cambridge
Cambridge gained a new landmark when Clare, a sculpture of a T-rex, was unveiled at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences last week.
The Manot people are indeed the ancestors of European populations!
Tel Aviv University discovery also indicates modern humans coexisted, interbred with Neanderthals in the Levant.
“Life is Short but Art is Long”
"Life is Short but Art is Long" opens in the Pera Museum of Istanbul (Turkey) on February 11, 2015. It will last until April 26, 2015 and is organized by the Pera Museum and the Suna & Inan Kıraç Foundation.
Serres: Tomb with coins came to light
An ancient tomb hiding coins and pieces of gold was found on a municipal property, at a distance of 3km from Nea Zichni of Serres.