The Night Watch is complete again
Several sections were cut from the painting in the past. The Operation Night Watch team has successfully recreated these missing pieces, which have now been mounted around Rembrandt’s world-famous work.
Inspection of the Idaean Cave
The damage caused by winter weather and the passage of time in the Idaean Cave was recorded by employees of the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology.
€2.9 million for a replica of the Mona Lisa
"Hekking's Mona Lisa", whose owner insisted for years that it was Leonardo da Vinci’s original painting.
Tiny ancient bird from China shares skull features with Tyrannosaurus rex
Fossil skeleton of a tiny extinct bird fits in the palm of the hand and preserves a unique skull with a mix of dinosaurian and bird features.
Being Anglo-Saxon was a matter of language and culture, not genetics
A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question: Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?
Pompidou Centre’s iconic “caterpillar” has been renovated
The emblematic “caterpillar” of architect Renzo Piano’s 1977 futuristic building allows visitors to “discover” old Paris.
Did the ancient Maya have parks?
A first-of-its-kind DNA analysis finds trees and wild vegetation grew around reservoirs in Tikal.
New genus and species of fungal parasite
Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus and species.
Tradition of keeping mementos dates back at least 2,000 years
Holding onto everyday items as keepsakes when a loved one dies was as commonplace in prehistory as it is today, a new study suggests.
Ancient bones provide clues about Kangaroo Island’s past and future
Study has provided new information about the Island’s past fauna and an insight into how species may live there in the future.
Medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
Whilst it has long been suspected that most plague victims received an individual burial, this has been impossible to confirm until now.
Egyptian – Levantine copper trade was going strong during the Early Iron Age
The finds provide a basis for the historical reconstruction of the copper exchange network in the southern Levant at the turn of the first millennium BC.
The National Theatre in a department store window
Walking in the heart of Athens, one comes upon a small "theatrical kingdom" in the well-known department store.
New discovery shows Tibet as crossroads for giant rhino dispersal
The new species' fossils comprise a completely preserved skull and mandible with their associated atlas, as well as an axis and two thoracic vertebrae from another individual.
Ten years of ancient genome analysis shows ‘what it means to be human’
A ball of 4,000-year-old hair frozen in time tangled around a whalebone comb led to the first ever reconstruction of an ancient human genome just over a decade ago.
Following the footsteps of humankind out of Africa
Researchers returning to Boker Tachtit in Israel’s Negev illuminate an important chapter in modern humans’ origin story.
Skeleton with bird skull in its mouth identified
Skeletal remains found in a cave have been identified as belonging to a 12-year-old Scandinavian girl from the 17th century.
Excavations in Yavne have recovered an intact chicken egg
The excavation at Yavne is part of a new neighborhood development project initiated by the Israel Land Authority.
Arrest of 59-year-old man in possession of ancient artefacts
The pre-investigation revealed that the 59-year-old was regularly conducting illegal archaeological excavations.
Research finds 9,000-year-old stone artifacts at underwater site
Underwater archaeology team finds ancient obsidian flakes 2,000 miles from quarry.
Replicas of masterpieces of art in the streets of Madrid
The Prado Museum initiative intends to "change the daily lives of citizens" by exhibiting works in "unexpected, nearby and surprising places".
Barks in the night lead to the discovery of new species
New study finds that the barking hyraxes are a separate species from their shrieking neighbors.
The Acropolis Museum celebrates its 12th birthday
The Acropolis Museum, now refreshed and renewed, welcomes its visitors on the day of its birthday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., with reduced entry.
New light on the movement of the Vikings
Two Viking warriors, members of the same family and separated for 1,000 years, were recently reunited at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.