The Parthenon Sculptures: Unprecedented momentum building in favour of their return
In recent months, the number of reports in the British media is perhaps the greatest ever.
Εxcavations at the Late Cypriot harbour city of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia
In May and June 2022 a Swedish team carried out excavations at the Late Cypriot harbour city of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia/Hala Sultan Tekke.
Unique images of the mythical San Jose galleon
Spain and the natives of Bolivia are still claiming the cargo of the San Jose, which carried the treasure of the Regent of Peru.
Wreck of Historical Royal Ship discovered off the English coast
The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK.
Ancient DNA unearths cultural “explosion” in the Pacific
DNA analysis of ancient human remains has shed new light on an "explosion" of itermixing cultures and genetics in an island region north of Australia known as Wallacea
Evidence of very early Islamic burials in the Levant
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria.
When, where, and how were chickens domesticated?
New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia into the west, and reveals the changing way in which they were perceived in societies over the past 3,500 years.
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Greek inscription in the collections of National Museums Scotland was recently discovered to be a previously unknown, unpublished Athenian ephebic list.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.