The Sima de los Huesos hominin, previously thought to belong to an ancient human species known as Homo heidelbergensis, is now reported to be an early member of the Neanderthal lineage.
Bronze Age burial monuments and tombs were revealed during rescue excavations conducted by Inrap archaeologists in April 2014 at the commune of Marigny-le-Châtel.
A hidden portrait beneath one of Pablo Picasso's first masterpieces, "The Blue Room" (1901), was revealed by scientists and art experts of The Phillips Collection (Washington DC). Now conservators are trying to identify the mystery man.
Italy appealed Wednesday for sponsors to help restore Emperor Nero's Golden House, the Domus Area, in the heart of Rome, saying 31 million euros ($42 million) was needed to repair the majestic complex.
A gold coin bearing the image of Nero is the first of its kind ever discovered so far in Vindolanda. Its date compared to the layer it was found hints that it was in circulation for more than 300 years.
The "Umbrellas", one of the most recognizable sculptures of George Zongolopoulos, will be included in the edition Landscape Installation Art (Beijing, 2013).
A stele devoted to Artemis Pergaea was chosen by the 33rd EPCA of Preveza and Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta to be presented as the exhibit of the month June.
Dozens of Migration Period cremation graves have been unearthed by scientists from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw in Łężany (Northeastern Poland).
Rodin’s marble Christ and Mary Magdalene (1908) goes on view alongside newly acquired early 17th-century Italian bronze of Belvedere Antinous by Pietro Tacca that once belonged to King Louis XIV.
Visitors and residents of Rome will be able to buy a combined admission ticket to the Vatican and Capitoline Museums in a one-year trial period starting this summer.
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Fundación Pedro Cano, in Spain, presents the temporary exhibition of Pedro Cano paintings entitled ”IX Mediterranean Seas”
The conference "Northern Greece and Southeastern Europe during the Neolithic Period" will take place in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki from June 26, to June 29 2014.