New Finds at Tell el Yahoudiya
The site is very important as it reveals the daily life of ancient Egyptians from the New Kingdom until the Graeco-Roman era.
Save Timbuktu Manuscripts
To raise the $100,000 needed for securing proper storage facilities, Libraries in Exile group has launched a public appeal through the IndieGoGo website.
The lost city of Mahendraparvata
A vast cityscape hidden under deep vegetation and linking the Cambodian temples complex was found by researchers with the help of airborne lasers.
Byzantine basilica in Bursa
Sahabettin Harput, local governor of the Turkish city Bursa (Greek Prousa) announced the excavations at the area where a 1500-year-old Byzantine basilica was discovered will start in July.
Guided Tours in English to the Cycladic Collection
Guided tours to the Cycladic Collection of the MCA, one of the most important collections of its kind worldwide.
Excavations in Ancient Corinth
Excavations in Ancient Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens officially came to a close Friday June 14.
Across Time: Nudes and Standing Stones
Last Saturday, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki inaugurated the photography exhibition: “Across Time: Nudes and Standing Stones.”
Flint mining site in the Holy Cross Mountains
Archaeologists from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw have discovered a flint mining site in the Holy Cross Mountains.
Byzantine church mosaic unearthed in Jerash
The mosaic survived the Iconoclasts to be found by the looters and to be saved again by a handful of dedicated Jordanian and international archaeologists.
Double celebration in the Europa Nostra Awards
The public choice award winner, chosen in an online poll from among the 30 laureates for 2013, is The Propylaea Central Building in Athens, while the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments is among the seven Grand Prix winners.
Farewell to a great teacher
The archaeological community in Greece and beyond sends farewell to Spyros Iakovides, a great archaeologists and academic, specialized in the Mycenaean world. Born in Athens (1923), Spyros Iakovides graduated from the University of Athens with a degree in Archaeology (1946).
Fighting for heritage
Monica Hanna works with no fear to monitor archaeological sites and forms a website will allow people, including tourists, to anonymously report damaged antiquities.
Antiquities Ministry awaiting green light to renovate Cairo antiquities
Monuments up for renovation and review are primarily those located in Islamic and Coptic Cairo.
A Thousand Year Old Church found
The bones are from the first one hundered years of Christianity in Iceland and the man is buried out by the churchyard wall.
The End of a Radical: Black Athena scholar dies
Martin Bernal died. A funeral is being held on June 19th in Cambridge, England, to be followed in the autumn by memorial services on each side of the Atlantic.
What Lies Beneath the Sea of Galilee?
A cone-shaped man-made monument, a product of skilled construction seems to be the mysterious structure located last April on the Sea of Galilee sea bed by researchers from the Tel Aviv University.
The Shipwreck of Antikythera soon in Basel
From March 2014, the Museum of Basel, Switzerland is to host the successful exhibition on "The Shipwreck of Antikythera: the Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism”, which will be in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens till August 31, 2013.
Listening to the Past
The project aims to seek a common European musical heritage rooted in antiquity.
Beyond Boundaries
The exhibition “Beyond Boundaries” is hosting paintings of Gymnasium and Lyceum pupils of the Juvenile Prison at Avlona.
The Acropolis Museum turns four!
On the occasion of its fourth birthday, the Acropolis Museum has organized special events vor its visitors.
400 Animal Species Were Offered to Gods in Tenochtitlan
The ritual use of all these animal species and their symbolism will be presented at a round of conferences at the recently opened Gallery 6 “Flora and Fauna” in the Great Temple, adjacent to Mexico City’s principal square, the Zocalo.
Perge opens for visitors
The city of Perge, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, in the southern province of Antalya will finally open to visitors by the end of summer following excavations.
Opening hours during summertime
The opening hours of the archaeological sites during the summer months will be 8.00 am to 8.00 pm for the most visited Greek State museums and archaeological sites, and 8.00 am to 5.00 pm for those attracting a smaller audience.
The Iceman Suffered Brain Damage Before Death
Further evidence based on a new protein-analysis method supports the Iceman had a violent death after being hit by an arrow and receiving a blow on the head.