Surveys to locate Pleistocene deposits in the Akamas area
The surveys are part of the innovative, interdisciplinary research program “Water Routes in Human Island Dispersals: Modeling the Pleistocene Exploitation of Cyprus” (PLEICY).
Oldest human traces from the southern Tibetan Plateau in a new light
A new optical dating technique to directly constrain the age of prehistoric stone artefacts from an archaeological site southern Tibet.
The Alonissos underwater museum opened on June 1
To date, the shipwreck of Peristera is considered the largest shipwreck of the Classical period and the most important accessible ancient shipwreck in the world.
“Slavery”: the new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum
Ten personal stories of people who lived through the years of the slave trade, either as merchants or as slaves, is the focus of the landmark exhibition.
Digitising the Museums of Cyprus
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces the commencement of the digitisation of ancient movable antiquities which are stored in the Cyprus Museum in Lefkosia.
New timeline for when people first arrived in North America
An unexpected discovery suggests that the first humans may have arrived in North America more than 30,000 years ago.
Contributions of Experimental Archaeology to Excavation
This Special Issue in the Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports has just been announced.
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
Scientists found that ancient El Niño-like weather patterns were linked to the critical timeframe for the evolution of our species.
A non-invasive procedure for obtaining archaeological information
The research, led by members of the CaSEs research group and published in PLOS ONE, represents the first application of pXRF (portable X-ray fluorescence analysis), combined with geostatistical data analysis, to anthropogenic sediments in Africa.
Laurence des Cars is the new head of the Louvre Museum
Des Cars will be the first woman to head the largest museum in the world.
Jebel Sahaba: A succession of violence rather than a prehistoric war
Scientists have re-analysed the bones of the Jebel Sahaba cemetery preserved in the British Museum (London) and re-evaluated their archaeological context.
Opening of the “Arethousa” Archaeological Museum of Chalkis
The museum is housed in an industrial building that is a declared monument and a testimony to the industrial activity of the early 20th century.
Refugee-background youth rewrites museum history in Manchester, UK
Ancient History, Contemporary Belonging’ responds to the need for a modern retelling of how ancient objects from Asia and Africa ended up in Britain.
Researchers unearth oldest gold find in Southwest Germany
University of Tübingen archaeologists and Baden-Württemberg heritage officials discover gold spiral in Early Bronze Age grave.
“Inside the Met”: The challenges faced by the museum
A series of documentaries that go behind the scenes of America's largest art museum as curators prepare ambitious anniversary exhibitions.
Europa Nostra Award for the conservation of the Plaka Bridge
The European Commission and Europa Nostra have just announced the 2021 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards.
Forensic archaeologists begin to recover Spanish Civil War missing
Forensic archaeologists and anthropologists have started to recover the bodies of victims executed by the Franco regime.
The “Great Dying”
This event saw the loss of up to 96% of all marine species and around 70% of terrestrial species, including plants and insects.
Auction of a Kandinsky work from the S.R. Guggenheim collection
The painting "Tensions calmées", a work of 1937, was exhibited until May 12 at Sotheby's, New York.
Human-driven decline requires millions of years of recovery
A new study shows that the current rate of biodiversity decline in freshwater ecosystems outcompetes that at the end-Cretaceous extinction that killed the dinosaurs.
How an object’s origin can facilitate authentic, inclusive storytelling
Archivists assess, collect and preserve various artifacts and archive them to better understand their origin and cultural heritage.
The entire genome from Peştera Muierii 1 sequenced
For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii 1, a woman who lived in today’s Romania 35,000 years ago.
Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean (ARENA)
An open access repository of published bibliography, as well as grey literature, regarding ancient sites of the studied region.
Exhibition: 1821 Before and After
The Benaki Museum presents a major anniversary exhibition to celebrate the bicentenary of the pivotal year in modern Greek history, 1821,