Wolf skull found in grave robber’s dig was meant to protect thieves
A wolf skull was supposed to protect robbers from the revenge of the spirit of the deceased buried in a great mound 2,000 years ago.
New methods for ancient texts
Magical texts of the Ancient Near East, Egypt and neighbouring regions are the focus of a new research group at the University of Würzburg.
In Leonardo’s shadow. Tapestries and ceremonies at the papal court
The exhibition focuses on two remarkable works from the Vatican Museums: the Leonardesque Last Supper tapestry (to whose making Leonardo might have personally contributed during his French years) and the baldachin of Clement VII, designed by Raphael's most important disciples and collaborators.
Specialization in sheep farming in early Neolithic communities
The specialization in sheep in the early Neolithic populations of Dalmatia, Croatia, may have been related to the rapid expansion of these communities.
Still-life with pizza-like dish uncovered at Pompeii
A fresco depicting still life, uncovered recently during the latest excavations at Insula 10 of the Regio IX area at Pompeii.
An Archaeology of Disability at the Canellopoulos Museum
The Canellopoulos Museum hosts the installation AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF DISABILITY, which was first exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2021.
Humans butchered and ate each other 1.45 million years ago
Telltale marks on a bone from an early human’s leg could be the earliest evidence of cannibalism.
Cannibalism among the Neanderthals of the Coves del Toll de Moià
The excavation campaign in the Cova de les Teixoneres has made it possible to recover two skull fragments of a 52,000-year-old juvenile Neanderthal.
Largest repatriation of ancient coins to Greece in recent HSI history
HSI Chicago returned stolen antiquities to Greek ambassador to US.
Archaeologists discover 4000 year old sanctuary with solar calendar in Tiel
A large sanctuary has been discovered in Tiel that is 4000 years old and was dedicated to the sun, just like in the English Stonehenge.
Excavations at Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Hala Sultan Tekke)
The 2023 excavations at Dromolaxia-Vyzakia (Hala Sultan Tekke) by an international team have been completed.
Centuries old paintings of Guatemalan dancers and guitarists
Dancers in rich costumes and musicians playing drums, flutes and guitars can be found in paintings dating back several hundred years in houses in Chajul, Guatemala.
Oldest known Neanderthal engravings unearthed in French cave
Neanderthals might have been making some of Europe’s oldest art thousands of years before the arrival of humans.
New research project about the Viking warriors
The project will fit particularly well into the museum's research work in relation to the upcoming Museum of the Viking Age.
The first prehistoric wind instruments discovered in the Levant
Seven prehistoric wind instruments known as flutes, were recently identified by Franco-Israeli team at the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha.
Laocoön and His Sons in Frankfurt
Goethe University’s Sculpture Hall has received a prominent addition: a true-to-original copy of the monumental statue of Laocoön and his sons.
Gustav Klimt’s Lady with a Fan Comes to Auction at Sotheby’s
“Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) is the last portrait Gustav Klimt created before his untimely death, when still in his artistic prime.
Ancient Tribal earth ovens excavated in Washington State
Ancient Tribal earth ovens built long before the Egyptian pyramids are being excavated as part of the first archeological project made public by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
The Trumpington Cross burial
The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the 7th century has been reconstructed following analysis of her skull.
The NAM’s mummies undergo imaging examination
The transportation of four Ptolemaic mummies of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM) Egyptian Collection, and their imaging examination with the use of a CT scanner have been completed.
‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can
A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor – or hominin.
Rare bronze hand discovered in Roman Vindolanda
A small, child sized, and eerily life-like bronze hand had been discarded in the ditch.
About 20 ‘Polish Stonehenge’ structures have been identified
Monumental structures dating back 7,000 years and reaching over 100m in diameter, remained unknown in Poland until the 1990s.
Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley.