Ancient ritual bath and World War II graffiti revealed in Israel
A 1,900 year old ritual bath and graffiti left by Australian soldiers during World War II were exposed in Israel, during the archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
One of the oldest images of Jesus
Archaeologists in southern Spain found an engraved green glass paten on which they have identified one of the earliest images of Jesus.
New finds from Tomb II, Great Tumulus, Aegae
Scientific meeting on "New finds from the skeletons of Tomb II at Aegae", to be held on Friday, October 10, 2014, at 13.00, at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
Two copies of ancient Greek clay beehives
"The construction of two copies of ancient Greek clay beehives and the control of their colonies’ homeostasis" will be presented by Katerina Kalogirou and Alexandos Papachristoforou during the apiculture-symposium to be held this week on Syros.
Perseus Open Publication Series
The Perseus Open Publication Series (POPS) is a new venue for open access and open data publications in any format and in any language that the Perseus Digital Library can support.
Stone beehives on the islands of Eastern Mediterranean
George Mavrofridis' contribution to the symposium on beekeeping is about the various types of stone beehives to be found on the Eastern Mediterranean islands.
In front of the marble door
Amphipolis: On Wednesday parts of a marble “typical for Macedonian tombs” gate came to light on Kasta hill.
Marble Hermes head withdrawn from auction
A marble Hermes head was withdrawn from a Bonhams auction, that was going to take place today (Oct. 2), following a request by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
Cypriot bronzework in the Mediterranean world during the Late Bronze Age
After the positive response to the lecture of the period 2013-14, the MCA is continuing the series of public talks titled “Cyprus Seminar: Recent developments in the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean” in the period 2014-15. The first lecture of this year’s
Tooth serves as evidence of 220-million-year-old attack
Tennessee University researchers found evidence of phytosaurs, who were smaller, semi-aquatic animals, potentially targeting and eating big carnivores in the Age of Dinosaurs.
Wild and domestic honey in middle Byzantine Hagiography
Ilias Anagnostakis will address the subject "Wild and domestic honey in middle Byzantine Hagiography: issues relating to its production, collection, and consumption" in the forthcoming symposium on beekeeping.
Straight from the field to the market, the kitchen, the table…
Lecture series at the Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey.
An antique apiary on Agathonisi
In the northern part of the Agathonisi island, at the rocky area of Kastraki, an apiary was in use from the late 4th c. BC until the mid 2nd century AD...
The Caryatids on their pedestals
The marble pedestals on which the two Amphipolis Caryatids stand were fully revealed.
Ancient human genome from southern Africa shows light on our origins
The skeleton of a man who lived 2,330 years ago in the southernmost tip of Africa tells us about ourselves as humans, and throws some light on our earliest common genetic ancestry.
The origins of Greece. Between dreams and archaeology
Unpublished archive documents and contemporary photographs from the collections of many French museums that illustrate how the ancient Greek past was interpreted during the Belle Epoque period.
Heaven and Earth in Chicago
Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections opened last Saturday at the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Return of the Marbles
International conference focuses on the widely discussed subject of the Parthenon sculptures' repatriation to Greece.
Beekeeping in Byzantine culture
S. Germanidou will address the subject of Beekeeping in Byzantine culture in the framework of the Symposium "Beekeeping in the Mediterrenean from antiquity until today".
Exeter archaeologist ensures thousands of Roman coins in Devon are recorded
The ‘Seaton Down Hoard’ is recognised as being one of the largest and best preserved 4th century collections to have ever been found in Britain.
Meet Hadrian: The Roamin’ Emperor
Can you piece together strands of evidence to work out what motivated Hadrian to travel so extensively?
A different beekeeping symposium in the Cyclades
A symposium aiming to present the findings related to the history of beekeeping in Greece and the Mediterranean.
Innovative Stone Age tools were not African invention
Levallois technology occurred independently within different populations and wasn't invented in Africa.
New evidence of ancient multicellular life sets evolutionary timeline back 60 million years
New evidence in the fossil record that complex multicellularity appeared in living things nearly 60 million years before skeletal animals appeared during the Cambrian Explosion.