The Zeugma of the West in İzmir
The new ancient city unearthed in İzmir Kemalpaşa neighborhood is 1,700 years old. Turkish authorities believe the discovery will attract tourist’s attention.
Turkish cultural policy as a model
Turkish cultural policy could be read as a success story. In fact, Turkish Cultural Artifacts and Museum General Director Murat Süslü says it is “a model country due to its efforts for the return of stolen artifacts”
The religious calendar from Thorikos in Athens
Today, the Epigraphical Museum of Athens and the Directorate for Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods will present the stele of the “Sacrificial Calendar of Thorikos”, which was returned to Greece from the Getty
Stories of prosperity living buried in ashes
Tradesmen and seamen, lovers of luxury and good food were lost in the most violent volcanic eruption of the last 10.000 years. A brief history of Thera on the occasion of the reopening of Akrotiri.
Academic blogging
How can academics best use blogging to research and rehearse their ideas, network with peers and boost their careers?
Siena’s Renaissance Mosaics Open To Public
Last chance to visit Siena Cathedral's magnificent mosaic floor on show to the public until the 24th of October.
Scientists Advance New Method of Radiocarbon Dating
A new series of radiocarbon measurements from Japan's Lake Suigetsu will give scientists a more accurate benchmark for dating materials, especially for older objects, according to a research team that included Oxford University's Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit.
The Romans used Greek myths in their mosaics
Research that was coordinated at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) analyzes the mythological images in Roman mosaics and shows that members of the most powerful elite selected Greek gods and heroes as symbols of universal values that reinforced what Rome stood for.
Cat discovers 2,000-year-old Roman catacomb
Rome resident Mirko Curti stumbles upon tomb piled with bones while chasing wayward feline near his apartment.
Diros excavation and research project
The 2012 studies began with a geoscopic study in the area of Xagounaki (Neolithic acropolis of Diros) at the northern entrance of the Alepotrypa Cave.
“Fox hole” opens passage to Neolithic past
A Field Museum curator is digging around a cave in Southern Greece that’s been compared to the mythical underworld, Hades. That cave might help explain why people choose to migrate to big cities or high tail it to the suburbs.
Syria’s future lies in ruins
To mourn Syria's devastated archaeological and architectural heritage may seem trivial. Yet with it die precious traditions.
Cyprus on the crossroads of travellers and map-makers
The Sylvia Ioannou Foundation 1st international Conference on The Greek World in Travel Accounts and Maps, “Cyprus on the crossroads of travellers and map-makers from the 15th to 20th century” began today at the Museum of Cycladic Art. The aim of
The Glasgow Project
Head of new research programme says art dealers and collectors must be part of future policy decisions
War, art and political authority
Minoan Seminar series begins Friday 19 October, with a lecture given by Dr. Angelos Papadopoulos, entitled “War, art and political authority: a view on Neopalatial Crete”.
Robbery at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and other famous modern artists have been stolen from a museum in Rotterdam.
Ancient City Aligned With Sun on King’s Birthday
The Egyptian city of Alexandria, home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, may have been built to align with the rising sun on the day of Alexander the Great's birth, a new study finds.
UW-Madison archaeologists to mount new expedition to Troy
Troy, the palatial city of prehistory, will be excavated anew beginning in 2013 by a cross-disciplinary team of archaeologists and other scientists
Cracking the code
A conference in Cambridge, southeast England, will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B.
Zeugma After the Flood
New excavations continue to tell the story of an ancient city at the crossroads between east and west.
Archaeologists explore ancient market
Archaeologists exploring the Agora (market) of ancient Paphos have found a small tablet with the name of an official in Greek and a plethora of other artefacts including a golden pendant, it was announced this week.
Mysterious Elk-Shaped Structure Discovered
A huge geoglyph in the shape of an elk or deer discovered in Russia may predate Peru's famous Nazca Lines by thousands of years.
Ancient Mosaic Helps Biologists Piece Together Human Eating History
The Mediterranean mosaic fish that caught the interest of University of Salento biologist Paolo Guidetti and Stanford University biologist Fiorenza Micheli was the dusky grouper.
How The Greeks Can Get Their Marbles Back
Australian lawyer Kathryn-Magnolia Feeley puts forward her own proposal for the return of the Parthenon marbles in a new book to be presented in Canberra this Sunday.