Dinosaurs’ last spring: Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impact
Study confirms time year the Chicxulub asteroid, responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth.
47 antiquities returning to Greece from the Steinhardt collection
Among them are a Minoan larnax/chest shaped coffin, the torso of a kouros, a bronze griffin bust, Cycladic vessels, figurines and bronze swords.
Ethiopian monuments 1,000 years older than previously thought
Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study in the Journal of African Archaeology.
National Museum of African American History & Culture goes online
The Searchable Museum presents a recently digitized exhibition as well as multimedia material, videos, audio podcasts and 3D models.
Roman-Era mythical creature statue found in Emirate of Sharjah
Sharjah Archaeology Authority (SAA) announced the discovery of a new artifact in Mleiha area, Sharjah.
Dinosaur “cemetery” found in Italy
Italian scientists announced that they have located the first palaeontological site with many dinosaur skeletons about 80 million years old.
2,700-year-old armor proves technology transfer happened in Antiquity
Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armor found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China.
Michael Steinhardt Surrenders 180 Stolen Antiquities Valued at $70 Million
Michael Steinhardt, one of the world’s largest ancient art collectors, has surrendered 180 stolen antiquities valued at $70 million and received a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities.
Film on ancient Morrylos in international competition
The film outlines aspects of the political, social and religious life of the city.
Victim of Vesuvius eruption unearthed at Herculaneum
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a man described as the “last fugitive”, a victim from the Vesuvius eruption in AD 79.
The birth of the Greek State seen through maps
The exhibition presents the emergence of the image of modern Greece, before and during the Greek Revolution up to the founding of the modern Greek state.
Charles Howard’s Greek Summer
Α solo exhibition by Charles Howard is being mounted by the Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA) at the "Melina" Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens.
The Carabinieri seized 11,000 looted artefacts
Figurines, oil lamps, loom weights, oscilla, tesserae, bronze and ceramic finds from various periods were found in two separate houses in Syracuse and Caronia, in the province of Messina.
New light on Patagonian long-necked dinosaur
Paleontologists examined the remains of the long-necked dinosaur Patagosaurus fariasi (175 million years) from Argentina as part of a new description.
Footprints from Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Jewellery from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus.
The most ancient decorative pendant in Europe made of mammoth ivory
It was probably worn around the neck and comes to shed more light on when humans started wearing "jewelry".
Building from the time of the exiled Sanhedrin discovered in Yavne
Israel Antiquities Authority excavations being carried out on a massive scale in Yavne have uncovered the first evidence there of a building from the Sanhedrin.
Molecular analysis reveals the oldest Denisovan fossils yet
An international team has identified five new human fossils from the key site of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia.
Fragment of the Parthenon frieze has been returned from Italy
A fragment of stone VI from the eastern frieze of the Parthenon (N.I. 1546), currently in the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas in Palermo.
Hellenistic sanctuary came to light in Kato Polydendri
The architectural remains of a monumental building were brought to light in an excavation by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Larissa at the "Skiathas" site.
Philhellenisms, 1780-1860 at the Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture inaugurates the exhibition Philhellenisms, 1780-1860, today at the “Kyriakos Krokos” exhibition hall.
Oldest adobe architecture in the Americas unearthed in northern Peru
It is constructed with ancient mud bricks carved from natural clay deposits created by floods caused by El Nino.
New discoveries in a subterranean tomb at Hatshepsut’s temple
Figures showing deities and donors, and vessels with a breast motif are some of the several hundred items found by Polish archaeologists.