The “Salt Sheep” of Chehrabad
A team of geneticists and archaeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria has sequenced the DNA from a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from an ancient Iranian salt mine, Chehrabad.
Ancient meteorite could reveal the origins of life on Earth
A 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite found lying in the imprint of a horseshoe is likely a remnant of cosmic debris left over from the birth of the solar system and could answer questions about how life began on Earth.
New finds at Gourimadi, Karystos
This is an extremely important settlement dating back through its findings to the Late Final Neolithic Period.
Let’s replace ‘ancestry’ in forensics with something more accurate
A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in inconsistent ways, and calls for the discipline to adopt a new approach.
Resilience, not collapse: What the Easter Island myth gets wrong
New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn't really happen.
Leonardo da Vinci has 14 living descendants
Although the famous Renaissance painter Leonardo da Vinci died 502 years ago, his "blood line" is still here.
The Pyramid Complex of Pharaoh Sahura Has Been Restored
The works have revealed that the pharaoh's burial chamber still lies unexplored to the west of the room considerd as such until now.
The Smithsonian Institution is preparing for its 175th birthday
The Institution is preparing a big celebration in the form of an extensive exhibition of works from the many museums operating under its umbrella.
The University of Sheffield’s Department of Archaeology is Closing Down
In the face of challenging external pressures, not least a declining interest in studying archaeology by undergraduates.
New aspects related to plant processing in a Neolithic settlement in Turkey
Researchers have discovered at the site of Çatalhöyük (Anatolia, Turkey) a wide variety of hitherto unknown wild resources.
Rare treasures of Tatoi’s wine cellars revealed
Around 4,000 bottles of wine and beverages have already been archived in 235 crates, with labels of special artistic and historical value.
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
A team of researchers has gathered measurements of body and brain size for over 300 fossils from the genus Homo found across the globe.
The return of the stolen paintings from the National Gallery is proceeding
After an absence of almost nine years the two works of art stolen from the National Gallery in January 2012 will be returning there shortly.
Erieta Attali exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum
The exhibition includes 18 selected large format photographs on the theme of architecture as an integral part of the landscape.
Greco-Roman pottery workshop discovered in Egypt
The workshop has structures dated to the period between the 3rd century B.C and the 1st century, but the site has given Early Dynastic finds too.
Neanderthal artists? They decorated bones over 50,000 years ago
A research team led by the University of Göttingen and the Lower Saxony State Office for Heritage has analysed a new find from the Unicorn Cave (Einhornhöhle) in the Harz Mountains.
The Council of State says “Yes” to transfer of antiquities from Venizelos Station
It should be noted that after April 19, 2021 the Ministry of Culture and Sports had announced the final content of the Council of State’s decisions.
The dress from “The Birth of Aphrodite” still inspires
American product designer Nik Bentel has circulated exact copies of clothes taken from the famous painting by Sandro Botticelli.
Faecal records show Maya population affected by climate change
Findings suggest that Maya settlement in city of Itzan started earlier and lasted longer than previously known.
Excavations are beginning in ancient Lyttos
For the first time in almost 40 years, new excavations are starting today in ancient Lyttos or Lyktos of Heraklion ‒ a city that for many archaeologists could upstage Knossos in the future.
Dinosaurs were in decline before the end
Palaeontologists have continued to debate whether dinosaurs were already in decline before the asteroid impact.
Plague case 5000 years ago in Latvia
A research team from Kiel University in Germany has found new clues to the evolution of the pathogen, based on DNA from a 5000-year-old plague case.
Where are the Foreigners of the First International Age?
A new study published in PLOS ONE reports genetic and oxygen and strontium isotopic data for individuals buried at Alalakh, finding little evidence for the foreigners mentioned in texts.
The mysterious tomb of Dara reconsidered
Researchers Franck Monnier and Rémi Legros have reviewed the existing evidence.