Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation
The research sheds new light on the mechanisms by which the adoption of agriculture led to complex hierarchies and states.
Two of Darwin’s notebooks returned to Cambridge
They had been missing for more than 20 years from the University of Cambridge in Britain and believed to have been stolen.
Jewish burial inscriptions discovered in the former P. Melas army camp
The Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki was destroyed in December 1942 by the then occupying Germans.
Chart the Seas of Ancient Greece in Melbourne exhibition
Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections is co-created and presented in collaboration with the NAM (Athens).
Contemporary art exhibition at the Amathous archaeological site
The exhibition "Happy Few" by Andreas Kalli opens at the Archaeological Site of Amathous, on Saturday the 16th of April 2022 at 19:30.
Ukraine: 53 cultural sites have been damaged
Among these are 29 religious sites, 16 historic buildings, four museums and four monuments, for which Unesco was able to confirm the damage through satellite photographs.
Μ. Cosmopoulos talks about the excavation at Iklaina
"The excavations at Iklaina shed new light on the mechanisms that led to the creation of the state as an institution", he said to the Athens and Macedonia News Agency.
Research team sheds light on Roman financial crisis
New scientific analysis of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman statesman and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero.
How did visitors experience the domestic space in Pompeii?
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used virtual reality and 3D eye-tracking technology to examine what drew the attention of the visitors when entering the stunning environment of an ancient Roman house.
4000 year old boat salvaged near the ancient city of Uruk
An ancient boat, made of bitumen and not preserved organic material, was excavated during the spring 2022 campaign of the Iraqi German Mission.
Direct cosmogenic nuclide dating of Olduvai Lithic Industry
First attempt to apply cosmogenic nuclide isochron-burial dating directly to Olduvai Gorge lithic tools dates the chronology of Bed II.
US Returns Two Antiquities to the People of Libya
Last week Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the return of two antiquities collectively valued at more than $500,000 to the people of Libya.
The largest mother spider by Louise Bourgeois at the SNFCC
Louise Bourgeois’s giant spider Maman had to travel more than 2.5 thousand kilometers from the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, with the collaboration of the cultural organization NEON, to reach the Esplanade of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural
Clues to Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula
The CENIEH has participated in a study on evidence for local extinction and population replacement among Neanderthals even before Homo sapiens.
Isotopic investigation reveals life history of bog bodies in Scotland
Isotope analysis of 'bodies in the bog' found at Cramond reveals several crossed a politically divided Scotland, meeting their end hundreds of miles from their place of birth.
Frida Escobedo will design the new wing at the Met
A way out has been found regarding the new wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, scheduled to be completed in 2020 but delayed by financial problems.
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki: “New entries, new approaches”
For the first time, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki presents a new approach to older finds, namely two heads of deities.
Origins of the Avars elucidated with ancient DNA
Multidisciplinary research team sheds light on the 1,400-year-old mystery about the genetic origins of the Avar elite.
Periodic volcanism triggered multiple Jurassic extinctions
A group of Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian geologists provide critical new evidence for the timing of volcanic activity in the Karoo province, the largest of the Jurassic magma systems. The remnants of the province are widespread in southern Africa and Antarctica.
SPOT, a quadruped robot to Protect Pompeii
SPOT, a quadruped robot at the service of archaeology to inspect archaeological areas and structures in safety
First Fossil of a Daytime Active Owl at the Edge of the Tibetan Plateau
Researchers have found the amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago in China.
The Acropolis Museum welcomes spring
The Acropolis Museum welcomes visitors during the summer season, with a new cycle of presentations in the Museum’s archaeological excavation.
The Marquesas Islands: window into a lost world
Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, according to new research.
The terracotta army: the clay army with the Greek signature
Eight thousand terracotta soldiers were "born", set up in battle formation and buried standing next to their leader to send out a message of timeless might.