A sudden switch ‘from heads to tails’
London’s international fish trade can be traced back 800 years to the medieval period, according to new research published today in the journal Antiquity.
7,000-year-old mummy found in Chile
A group of students have discovered a 7,000-year-old mummy believed to belong to the Chinchorro culture. The Chinchorro mummies are the oldest examples of artificially mummified human remains.
Phaistos and the Western Mesara plain in the Protopalatial period
Next Minoan Seminar to be presented on Friday, May 20, by Ilaria Caloi (Université Catholique de Louvain).
In the shadow of Leicester Cathedral
The University of Leicester has retained the right to proceed with the reinterment of King Richard III in Leicester.
The Phoenician Archive of Idalion
On June 2, 2014, Dr Maria Hadjicosti and Dr Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo will give a lecture on "The Phoenician Archive of Idalion."
Violence as a means to structure the epic narrative
The lecture given by Evelyn Syré aims at interpreting the revenant victims of illegitimate violence in Silius Italicus' Punica as a deliberate intratextual means to structure the epic narrative.
From Saqqara to Budapest and Paris
Five ancient Egyptian artefacts that were smuggled out of the country in 2002 were located Fine Arts Museum in Budapest and on the brochure of an auction hall in Paris.
Cyprus Banknotes. Environment-History-Folk Art
An exhibition on Cyprus banknotes, organized by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, will be on show until 30 June 2015.
Meet the Mummies!
The exhibition "Ancient Lives - New Discoveries" has opened in the British Museum...
Routes and Resources in the Bronze Age Cyclades
Seminar about the 50 years of archaeological research in the Bronze Age Cyclades.
The last Crusader
Fascinating wall paintings recounting Jerusalem’s Crusader history were revealed while organizing the storerooms in Saint-Louis Hospital near the Old City.
Iklaina and the formation of Mycenaean States
The 7th meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar will be presented by Dr. Michael B. Cosmopoulos, Professor of Archaeology, University of Missouri-St. Louis Fellow, Academy of Sciences St. Louis.
7,000-year-old rock art found in Spain
Archaeologists in eastern Spain have discovered 12 prehistoric rock paintings depicting hunting scenes from 7,000 years ago.
EU Council Conclusions on Cultural Heritage adopted
For the first time ever, the Council of the European Union has adopted Conclusions on cultural heritage as a strategic resource for a sustainable Europe.
Baby mammoth Lyuba goes on show
On the grassy plains of Siberia 42,000 years ago, a baby woolly mammoth fell into a sticky mud hole and choked to death, leaving her mother to grieve for her...
Earliest prehistoric object in London
A new discovery at the new site of United States embassy in London suggests that the city's past might reach back to the Palaeolithic period.
The incredible journeys of Buddha’s Word
Some of the world’s oldest Sanskrit and Buddhist manuscripts – and a gift from the 13th Dalai Lama – in a special exhibition on Buddhist books from 28 May.
Archaeology and an odd polis
Professor Vladimir Stissi is giving a lecture at the Netherlands Institute of Athens entitled "Archaeology and an odd polis: The case of Halos (Thessaly)".
Secret life of Nubian medieval monks
Heavenly creatures and mundane situations. Sanitary complex adjoining church and angelic names on ceramic bowls found at al-Ghazali, Nubia.
Discovering the artists of the Eastern Sahara
Dr Giulio Lucarini talked about his fieldwork in the Egyptian Western Desert and showed images of newly-identified Neolithic drawings to a public audience for the first time.
Ptolemaic temple found in Gebel El-Nour
Made of limestone and probably dedicated to Isis, the temple had been commissioned by King Ptolemy II Philadelphus (284-246 BC)
Roman drama and its contexts
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Classics is organizing the 8th Trends in Classics International Conference, focusing on Roman Drama and its contexts, from May 29 to June 1, 2014.
The raise of an empire on the move
Contradictions, fruitful scientific correspondence, new theories and earlier views on Eretria's early days.