The Fagan fragment permanently restored to the Acropolis Museum
In a simple, particularly touching event, the "Fagan fragment" was permanently restored to the eastern frieze of the Parthenon where it belongs.
Missing piece of HMS Invincible shipwreck uncovered
Divers have discovered the complete rudder of a 250-year-old warship on the bed of the Solent.
Symposium on Women and Diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age to start in Paris
June 7 and 8, 2022, at the Pantheon Center, 12 place du Panthéon
75005 Paris.
Targeted attack on the Gioconda
A Twitter user, who stated that he was present at the incident, explained that the perpetrator of the attack was a man wearing a wig who got out of a wheelchair.
An elite education : discovery of an ancient Athenian ephebic list
A stone monument with an ancient Greek inscription in the collections of National Museums Scotland was recently discovered to be a previously unknown, unpublished Athenian ephebic list.
Ancient graffiti uncovered in Vindolanda
Ancient graffiti unearthed at Roman Vindolanda leaves no doubt as to what one Roman thought of another.
Germany returns 23 Namibian ancient artefacts
On 27 May, 23 artefacts from different Namibian communities, in the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin, travelled to Namibia.
Reading of first genome of Vesuvius victim
Previously, only small portions of mitochondrial DNA had been "read" of humans and animals at ruined Pompeii.
Αn elite tomb with complete set of grave goods
Results of the latest excavation season in Berenike, Egypt, have been announced.
The Buongoverno construction site “reveals” Lorenzetti’s treasures
In 2021 the Municipality of Siena started a project of diagnostics, enhancement and conservation maintenance of the masterpiece by Ambrogio Lorenzetti.
2100-Year-Old Agricultural Farmstead uncovered next to Nahal Arbel
The discoveries (agricultural implements, storage jars, tens of weaving loom weights) shed light on this area in the Hasmonean Period.
Industrial manufacturing of wool and wool textiles in the Bronze Age Italy
Montale in northern Italy may have been one of the earliest centres in Europe for production of wool during the Bronze Age.
A 3400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River.
250 coffins with mummies and 150 bronze statues found in Saqqara
Extraordinary numbers of finds from new cache and burial shafts found by the Egyptian mission.
Paleontologists found the jaws of an extremely rare bear in Tavrida
Finding suggests that ancient people could have appeared in the Crimea almost 2 million years ago.
Jean-Luc Martinez accused over Tutankhamun Stela Trafficking Case
Jean-Luc Martinez was accused of turning a blind eye regarding documentation of object provenance in the Louvre Abu Dhabi acquisition.
Asia Minor exhibition at the Benaki Museum
The Benaki Museum and the Centre for Asia Minor Studies are co-organisingthe large commemorative exhibition “Asia Minor Hellenism: Heyday - Catastrophe - Displacement - Rebirth” to mark the centennial anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe.
Archaeologists reconstruct a bow from the Times of Arkaim
A unique compound bow from the Bronze Age nearly two meters tall was reconstructed from authentic materials.
Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
Norwegian mountains are full of time capsules. Thousands of years of human and ecological history are preserved in remnant patches of ice.
Beyond Macedonia: the multifaceted Hellenistic Oikoumene reconsidered
Sixty renowned researchers will present fifty-six papers at the New Museum of Aigai.
Early urbanism found in the Amazon
Several hundred settlements from the time between 500 and 1400 AD lie in the Bolivian Llanos de Mojos savannah and have fascinated archaeologists for years.
First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds
Scientists settle debate surrounding 'Thunder bird' species, and whether its eggs were exploited by early Australian people around 50,000 years ago.
The prestigious Francqui Prize 2022 awarded to Veerle Rots
The 2022 Francqui Prize in Human Science is awarded to Veerle Rots for her pioneering research on prehistoric stone tools.
Rare silver coin discovered in Israel
Coin among first remnants from the Bar Kokhba revolt discovered in the caves of Wadi Chariton.