A berm reveals tsunami hit Yucatan Peninsula 1,500 years ago
The eastern coastline of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped by a tsunami between 1,500 and 900 years ago.
“Opening Roads” at the Archaeological Museum of Dion
“Opening Roads” is the title of the temporary exhibition organized by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria at the Archaeological Museum of Dion.
Did Augustus really transform Rome from brick to marble?
“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble,” said Augustus according to legend. Was he telling the truth or making an empty claim?
Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo has been dated
The earliest known record of the genus Homo -- the human genus -- represented by a lower jaw with teeth, recently found in the Afar region of Ethiopia, dates to between 2.8 and 2.75 million years ago.
Excavation reveals ancient town and burial complex in Diros Bay
Recent research by The Diros Project, a five-year excavation program in Diros Bay, Greece, has uncovered the remains of an ancient town and burial complex that date to the Neolithic and Bronze Age.
New tomb discovered in Qurna
The American Research Center in Egypt team cleaning the forecourt of the Eighteenth Dynasty Theban Tomb of Djehuty, TT 110 have unearthed a new tomb in Qurna.
When age matters
The precise dating of ancient charcoal found near a skull is helping reveal a unique period in prehistory.
Yılan Mermer: The Marble of the Snake
The Marble of the Snake is a neglected monument in Thessaloniki. Its history takes us back to Constantine the Great and the tradition of raising honorary statues in public spaces.
Lady in lead
A mysterious lead coffin containing the skeleton of an elderly woman was found close to the site of Richard III's hastily dug grave at the Grey Friars friary.
What was a day at school like for Julius Caesar?
Priceless insight into daily life in the Roman Empire are revealed by the first English translation of Europe's most ancient children's book.
More than 200 bodies found in communal graves beneath Paris supermarket
More than 200 bodies have been found by INRAP archaeologists in eight mass graves beneath a central Paris supermarket. The bodies were laid out in neat rows.
Surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
The ancient British were not cut off from Europeans on an isolated island 8,000 years ago as previously thought, new research suggests.
Outrage over footage of IS militants smashing ancient Iraq statues
UNESCO expresses outrage over terrorist attack against Mosul Museum.
Secret chamber discovered at Sidon temple
A delegation from the British Museum discovered a concealed chamber at the Sidon’s Frères archaeological site.
New light shed at Homo Sapiens stay in Arabia through tool evolution
A pair of American archaeologists claim that through tool evolution they managed to track the route humans took moving from Africa across Eurasia about 50,000 to 60,000 years ago.
Kolonna on Aegina. A Central Aegean Hub
Αn overview of research and excavations conducted at the site covering roughly a 600-year span from the later Early Bonze II period to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age.
Feasting on the Enemy: Horror in the Theban Epics
About the hero Tydeus forfeiting immortality by gnawing on the head of a dying enemy...
Early Christian Cyprus
Early Christian Cyprus is the topic of the next Cyprus Seminar, organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art, which will be presented by Dr Fryni Hadjichristofi (Archaeological Officer, Department of Antiquities Cyprus).
Pharaoh Senebkay was brutally killed in a battle far away from home
After examining the skeletal remains of Senebkay, discovered in Abydos last year, a team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Josef Wegner assumed that the king died in battle.
3,000-year-old divination shrines discovered in Armenia
Archaeologists have discovered three divination shrines, about 3,300 years old, within a hilltop fortress at Gegharot, Armenia.
15th century manuscript was repainted and ‘re-gifted’ as wedding gift
Stella Panayotova (Fitzwilliam Museum) leads a project that is using advanced imaging techniques to examine medieval manuscripts.
Artifacts from Euboea in the National Archaeological Museum at Athens
The presentation will contain mention of literary and inscriptional sources about Euboea, through the study of which it will be attempted to explore aspects of the topography of Euboean sites in combination with the information gathered from the finds, as well as from more recent research results.
Empress Faustina presented to the public
A marble statue head representing the Roman Empress Faustina is leaving the storage area of the Archaeological Museum of Patras for the first time to be exhibited and shown to the public as the museum's “Exhibit of the Month”.
Self-mummified monk in a Buddha statue?
The Buddha statue displayed last year in a Mummies exhibition had more than a mummy hidden inside of it...