Senegal floods uncover ancient artefacts in Dakar
The discovery was made at a construction site, local academic Alioune Deme told the BBC.
New museum to show Troy’s riches
The construction of the museum will have started by the end of this year and it will open to visitors within two years, according to officials.
Headless statues unearthed in Aphrodisias excavations
The city of Aphrodisias, is one of the country’s most visited places. It is included in UNESCO’s world heritage permanent list.
Stone Age Animal Figurines Unearthed Outside Jerusalem
The Stone Age statuettes, which are estimated to be between 9,000 and 9,500 years old, may have been charms to help ensure successful hunting, according to archaeologists who announced the discovery today in an e-mailed release.
Turkey wants Bowling Green State University’s ancient Roman mosaics returned
Turkish archeologist Kutalmis Gorkay prepared a report “indicating that these mosaics absolutely belong to the ancient city of Zeugma,” where he now heads excavations. The letter also said that a copy of Gorkay’s report had been sent to the university, in Northwest Ohio near Toledo.
Rare tomb of woman found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
The only tomb of a woman not related to the ancient Egyptian royal families ever found in the Valley of the Kings
Diachronic Museum, Larissa: Preview on the 19th of May
The Diachronic Museum of Larissa opens for the first time on the 19th of May on the occasion of the International Museum Day.
Living on the Fringe: The Western Oases of Egypt 4000 years ago
Situated 200 km W of the Nile Valley, the Dakhla Oasis was home to a vibrant urbanized community dating from the 6th Pharaonic Dynasty (2350-2150)
A good catch in Samothrace
Twenty two amphorae of yet unknown date were among the "catch" of fishermen
World Museums Day is Coming to Town
Days and nights as well as weeks dedicated to museums and cultural heritage are designed to honor the World Museums Day on the 18th of May
Egypt: Police return stolen bronzes to state antiquities department
Tourism and antiquities police have recovered four ancient bronze statuettes stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and elsewhere, Egypt's top antiquities body said in a statement.
Living on the Edge: the case of Karfi, Crete
Seventy years after its first investigation, Karfi (Lasithi) was the subject of a new pilot excavation in 2008.
Restoration work in two ancient theatres in the Greek Islands
The ancient theatres of Thera and Lindos are to be restored according to a recent decision of the Prefecture Council of South Aegean
For the 12 Gods
Archaeologists, citizens, NGOs and neopagans in court against the chief Greek state railway company over the fate of the 12 God
Bucknell professors receive approval for first U.S.-Greek archaeological dig in Thebes
Bucknell classics professors Stephanie Larson and Kevin Daly, together with Vassilis Aravantinos, ephor of prehistoric and classical antiquities received approval to launch a comprehensive geophysical survey and excavation at the Ismenion Hill and surrounding areas
The New Acropolis Museum in Belgrade
Photos of the famous museum will be showi in an event for "Museums Night", 14th of May
The Macedonians Conquer Oxford
Insights from the exhibit Heracles to Alexander the Great: Treasures from the Royal Capital of Macedon, a Hellenic Kingdom in the Age of Democracy
Treasures from the Age of Homer found in Thessaly
A hoard of impressive artefacts were hosted for three millenniums in the little-known tholos tombs of Geometric date found at Chloe, a site near Velestino, Thessaly, Greece
New school in Athens will have a time capsule of its own
A school is built with a floor-window to its past, back in Classical Athens
Sakellarakis
A new excavationsl programme was approved and it is about to start in the Minoan site of Ag. Georgios, in the island of Kythera
Lost and Found: from Epirus to the UK and back again
23rd of December 2010. In front of an icon depicting Christ, a Catholic nun is explaining the meaning of Christmas through an analysis of the icon
