Barrington Atlas Coming to iPads
Princeton University Press announces the launch of the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World App in the iTunes store on November 21, 2013.
Buddhist carvings in Pakistan said to need protection
Buddhist rock carvings in the Swat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are fading and they need preservation by the province's Archaeology Department to protect them from vandalism.
Relations between Cyprus and China in the field of Culture strengthened
The Minister of Education and Culture Mr Kyriakos Kenevezos, had a meeting yesterday with the Vice-Minister of Culture and Director General of State Administration for Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China, Mr Li Xiaojie.
An app that will change museums?
Visitors using the app can digitally scan, restore, acquire and play with artefacts, all with one click through their smartphone or tablet.
Italians discover Gate to Hell, with Cerberus guarding
The Plutonium was found it thanks to the bodies of some small birds, who appeared to have dropped dead at the mouth of a cave that was spewing deadly carbon dioxide fumes.
October 29, the “Cyrus the Great Day”
The Declaration of Cyrus the Great, emphasizes on the removal of all racial, national discrimination and slavery, bestowing to the people, freedom to choose their places of residence, faith and religion and giving prominence to the perpetual peace amongst the nations.
Ancient Magician’s Curse Tablet Discovered in Jerusalem
The text is written in Greek and, in it a woman named Kyrilla invokes the names of six gods to cast a curse on a man named Iennys, apparently over a legal case.
An Erotic Epigram on a Ostracon from Rhodes
Scholars Anastasia Dreliosi-Irakleidou and Nikos Litinas (University of Crete) studied the epigram and published their finds in the current issue (10-12) of Eulimene periodical.
The Sound of Music Greek Style
Scholars are about to reconstruct the music which used to accompany various ancient Greek works of litterature.
Climate Crisis Ruined Ancient Empires?
f the effects of “global warming” today are going to be anything like those of the 3,200-year-old drought and cold wave that, according to research in the Sea of Galilee existed in the Middle East, watch out.
The veneration of Saint Mamas in the Mediterranean
The Museum of Byzantine Culture in collaboration with the Holy Bishopric and the Municipality of Morphou, Cyprus, organizes the temporary exhibition “The veneration of Saint Mamas in the Mediterranean: A traveler border defender saint”.
The Ancient Theatre of Sparta in Way of Restoration
Since it is considered to be of immense importance, the recent recommendation of the Central Archaeological Council, gave the green light for the study of its rehabilitation.
Replica of King Tut’s Tomb to Open
Within the replica visitors will be able to examine parts of the tomb they were not allowed to in the original, while gaining info on the tomb's protection.
Protecting North America’s Oldest Structures
A group that includes representatives from Western State Colorado University, archeologists, local TV and radio stations and telecommunications companies reached an agreement this month to preserve the archeological site of Tenderfoot Mountain while also preserving access for organizations that maintain equipment on the site.
Restoring Ancient Frescoes in Kobayr Monastery
A group of Armenian and Italian specialists launched activities in the Armenian Kobayr Monastery to save a number of fabulous frescos from the devastating rainwater.
The Mycenaean settlement and the tombs on Mygdalia hill, near Patras
Dr Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki will give a lecture on the Mycenaean settlement on Mygdalia hill. This will be the 1st meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar.
The Queen and the Sculptor
A lecture aiming to reconstruct the life and death of the man who created the now iconic bust of Nefertiti took place in Harvard recently. Delivered by French Egyptologist Alain Zivie, the director of the French Archaeological Mission of the Bubasteion
Tomb of a Royal Physician Found at Abusir
The tomb of a man called Shepseskaf ‘ankh who lived during the 5th Dynasty and was Head of the Physicians of Upper and Lower Egypt has been discovered by Czech archaeologists under Dr Miroslav Barta.
Legio Excavations Reveal Roman Camp of VIth Ferrata Legion in Judea
Finds include defensive earthworks, a circumvallation rampart, barracks areas and artifacts including roof tiles stamped with the name of the Sixth Legion, coins and fragments of scale armor.
New light on the migrations in the history of Mesopotamia
Analysis of non-metric tooth crown traits of the ancient inhabitants of northern Mesopotamia conducted by the Polish team showed that there were no large migrations in this region from the 3rd millennium BC until the Middle Ages.
Roman ruins discovered in Alcoutim
Roman ruin believed to date back to the first or second century BC, and it was located near the village of Laranjeiras, on the banks of the Guadiana River .
Ancient warrior’s tomb discovered in Kazakhstan
An ancient warrior’s tomb has been discovered near Pavlodar in Kazakhstan by an expedition led by Timur Smagulov.
Newly discovered Hittite tablet sheds light on past
According to Çinaroğlu, the inscription would help researchers make new discoveries, while its content might be connected with a set of laws laid down by a past Hittite king.
Herod’s Tomb Revisited
Archaeologists Joseph Patrich and Benjamin Arubas question theory of late archaeologist Ehud Netzer that the mausoleum found withing the Herodium in Jerusalem was Herod the Great's final resting place.