Beyond the Elephant Man: researching monsters
Digitised Diseases site makes 1,600 specimens of bones of deformed people available for doctors and members of the public to study for free.
The place of men and women in Neopalatial iconography
On Friday 13 December 2013, Dr. Matthew Haysom (Curator, Knossos, British School at Athens) will give the next lecture of the Minoan Seminar series.
Police bust group raiding Thracian tombs
Eight men from Sofia were arrested illegally excavating Thracian tombs near the town of Pernik.
Οldest evidence of Late Stone Age settlement on Cyprus
Artifacts found at an archaeological site in Cyprus support a new theory that humans occupied the tiny Mediterranean island about 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.
4,000 -Year -Old Chariot Found in Serbia
A two-horse chariot estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,000 years old has been located in the city of Pirot, Serbia
Amarna Girl Returns to Mallawi Museum
The 32 centimeter (12.6 inches) limestone statue reportedly depicts Princess Ankhesenpaaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Archaeologist to Receive Prestigious Prize
Indefatigable Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna has been single-handedly exposing an incredible amount of looting in Egypt, even going so far as to confront some of the armed looters herself.
Ancient skeleton found in North Yorkshire sewer trench
An ancient skeleton, thought to date back to Roman Britain, has been discovered in a sewer trench in Norton.
Ancient Dogs Found Buried in Pots in Egypt
The first five pot burials of dogs ever found are analyzed by AUC Prof. Salima Ikram, offering insights over the cult and burial practices of the past.
New finds from the Mentor shipwreck
This year’s excavation season at the Mentor shipwreck in Kythera has been completed, bringing to light significant findings, among which two fragments of Egyptian origin.
DNA From A 400,000 Hominin: a Great Leap Forward
DNA of hominin from Sima de los Huesos is related to the mitochondrial genome of Denisovans, extinct relatives of Neanderthals in Asia.
France returns five ancient artefacts to Egypt
Three of the pieces are the head, torso and arms of a glass statue of a human found by French archaeologists in 2010.
Deeper Underground the Valley of the Kings
The Ministry of State for Antiquities in Egypt based project has succeeded in bringing about new features of the famous New Kingdom pharaonic necropolis, as well as the potential for new astonishing finds there
Wall crumbled in Pompeii
Since 2010, at least a dozen buildings at the UNESCO World Heritage site have crumbled.
Guatemala Recovers Mayan Artifact from U.S.
The Guatemalan government announced the repatriation from the United States of a Mayan panel dating from the classic period, 250-900.
Hasmonean Building Uncovered in the City of David
It is only now that remains of a building from this period in the city’s history are being exposed.
Excavations of the Paphos Agora project 2013
In 2013 the third season of excavations of the Department of Classical Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków, Poland, took place within the Paphos Agora Project.
Penn Museum’s Innovative “Touch Tours” for Blind Visitors
Touch Tour programs run Monday mornings and afternoons through December 16, 2013.
Meet the Baby Chachapoyas!
Diminutive size of sarcophagi has led archaeologists to believe that it may be a cemetery exclusively for children.
Skull find shows women were sacrificed in ancient China
Archaeologists in China have unearthed the skulls of more than 80 young women in what appears to have been a mass grave at the Shimao Ruins, the site of a neolithic stone city in the northern province of Shaanxi.
Aspiring Antiquity Dealer Betrayed By Neighbours
The cemetery is likely to date back to the Roman or late Pharaonic era and was found under a house in el-Qantara, according to the office.
The Two Towers of Shimao Revealed
The ruins of two square beacon towers, once part of the city wall of the 4,000-year-old Shimao Ruins in Shenmu County, have been uncovered.