Think you know mummies? Think again!
The British Museum has announced a new exhibition which will run from 22 May to 30 November 2014: "Ancient lives. New discoveries."
Investigating Azoria in Crete
Researchers explore the early history of the site and develop a stratigraphy and chronology of changes in the settlement during the transition from the Early Iron Age to the Archaic Period.
New Evidence on the Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV Co-Regency
Both pharaoh's cartouches found in close proximity in tomb dating from Amenhotep III' s Year 30 indicate an eight years co-regency.
Well-Preserved Mummy Among Finds at Tel Tabla
Limestone anthropoid sarcophagus containing mummy and a number of shabti figurines revealed.
Joan Miró Sale Cancelled
Christie's claim that their decision is based on legal uncertainties concerning the collection's ownership status, claiming they a have a responsibility to our buyers to be sure that legal title can transfer to them without issue.
A Prehistoric Unicorn From Rajastan
Since its beginning in 2012, the excavation at Karanpura, has brought to light two broad cultural levels, representing the early and the mature Harappan age
Face to Face With a Carthagenian
On January 29 the American University of Beirut Archaeological museum opened a special exhibition dedicated to the reconstructed identity of a man who lived in Carthage (modern day Tunisia) 2,500 years ago.
A Hellenistic Monumental Building at Vryocastro, Kythnos
Research shows that the assumption that Building 5 was the "prytaneion" of Kythnos in the Hellenistic period remains a likely scenario.
The Tomb of Philip in Vergina: Which Pihlip?
Olga Palagia will give a lecture entitled at the Swedish Institute.
Institution of Sponsorship from ancient to modern times
International Conference on the institution of sponsorship to be held in Thessaloniki.
Step Pyramid Uncovered Near Edfu
Made of local sandstone blocks and clay mortar, lacking internal spaces and reaching a hight of only 13 m. at the time of its use, the Edfu pyramid belongs to a group of "provincial pyramids" likely dedicated to royal cult.
Landscape Ecology and the End of Antiquity
Lecture by Nicholas Rauh (NEH Fellow, ASCSA; Professor of Classics, Purdue University).
About East and West
On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Evangelos Livieratos, Professor of Higher Geodesy and Cartography, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will give a lecture.
The Ancient Greeks’ Beliefs on Death and Hades in a New York Exhibition
Seventy nine ancient works of art from ten Greek state museums and collections are to "travel" to New York for an exhibition on death in Ancient Greece.
You Would Meet A Tall, Thin Man
Skeleton's dimensions actually match descriptions of Charlemagne as a tall, thin, older man.
Investigations in the Early Bronze Age of the Kouphonisia
In the framework of the Cycladic Seminar series, archaeologist and ephor emerita of antiquities in the Greek Archaeological Service, Photini Zapheiropoulou will give a lecture on the "Investigations in the Early Bronze Age of the Kouphonisia."
Rome’s Earliest Known Temple Revealed
Archaeologists had to fight with nature in order to reveal the temple' s ruins
Portugal Opposition Set Against Miro Collection Sale
The auction of the works of the famous Spanish Catalan artist is to form part of Christie's "The Art of the Surreal and Impressionist/Modern" sale (London, 4-5 February 2014).
The Sunken Basilica of Bursa
Staring above the lake of İznik in Bursa, Turkey, one can clearly see the detailed plan of a church of the Early Byzantine(Palaeo-Christan) period whose ruins still survive at the lake’s bottom. The impressive image was revealed during an aerial photography
Statue of Female Pharaoh’s Favourite Identified
Senenmut is known to have commissioned numerous statues of himself (25 known today). Could this be statue no 26?
“Fake” El Greco on view in Toledo major exhibition
Art expert Antonio Garcia has produced a 60-page report which states the 16th century painting “Lady in a Fur Wrap” was not created by the artist El Greco.
Mapping Antioch’s Influence
A research team from the University of Cincinatti, US, managed to visualize the political borders of the ancient metropolis of Antioch using technological elements provided by Google Earth.