The 33rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Preveza and Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta present the exhibit of the month: a statuette of Aphrodite.
Names of the Virgin Mary, Jesus and the mosaic donors survining among geometric and botanical patterns. Basilica is the first church to be found in the area.
Results from a new international research led by Paolo Xella (ISCIMA,CNR) seeks to confirm ancient records on Carthaginians sacrificing their own children to thank their gods. According to The Guardian, the team -a group of Punic archaeologists and historians from
The project ‘Corporeal engagements with clay’ (University of Southampton) aims at recording, visualising and replicating the figurines from Koutroulou Magoula by using a tailor-made database.
The Wellcome Trust, a leading British health organization, has created an online database of over 100 000 historical images, including many from the Middle Ages.
According to the researchers the group consists of 100 to 120 individuals which have identified as savanna (and not forest) elephants (loxodonta africana), with no genetic ties to either the forest or Asian species.
A colloquium will take place in Brussels, November 6-7th, 2014 where historians, philologists, archaeologists and art historians of different periods are invited to present papers on various topics.
Stephen Miller' s suggestion on privatizing the administration of archaeological sites and museums in Greece stirs controversies and causes negative reaction by Greek state archaeologists.
George Zongolopoulos Foundation aims to inaugurate a new way of promotion and utilization of cultural heritage of its founder, starting with the digitization and documentation of 1095 objects of his collection and offering to the public.
The scientists discovered parts of the tail of a Titanosaurus, a type of vegetarian dinosaur that measured at least 20 meters (66 feet) long, and some of the teeth of another dinosaur.
Pre-Columbian statues are said to be in Colombia's national museum in the capital, Bogota, but NTN 24 television reports they are kept at a local museum in ordre to be moved to Bogota "later".