Funding opportunities in Classics & Ancient History at Manchester
The Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology & Egyptology (CAHAE) at the University of Manchester is pleased to invite applications for doctoral study in Classics and Ancient History.
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.
2-year Mellon Postdoc in Critical Classical Reception
Brown University’s Departments of Classics and Comparative Literature invite applications for a fellowship in Critical Classical Reception.
Awards for work on Herculaneum
The Herculaneum Society is offering two scholarships for postgraduate students or researchers working on topics related to Herculaneum.
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.
Collapse of ancient Liangzhu culture caused by climate change
Massive flooding triggered by anomalously intense monsoon rains caused a sudden collapse, as a team with geologist Christoph Spötl shows in Science Advances.
Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered
The remains of the mosaic measure 11m by almost 7m and depict part of the story of the Greek hero Achilles.
Handing over of 38 antiquities at the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus
On the 11th November 2021, 38 antiquities belonging to various prehistoric and historic periods, were handed over by Mrs. K. Grayson Wilkins.
Australopithecus sediba, ‘walked like a human, but climbed like an ape’
An international team of scientists discovered a two-million-year-old fossil vertebrae from an extinct species of ancient human relative.
Prehistoric mums cared for kids better than we thought
Death rate of babies in ancient societies does not reflect poor healthcare, disease etc., but the number of babies born in that era.
Tomb of Menna and the Akhenaten Talatat Project Conservation material launched online
The launch has taken place through ARCE in partnership with UCLA Library and funding from the U.S Department of Education.
Winged Gods and walking griffons
A unique plate with a depiction of winged Scythian gods in surrounding of griffons found at the barrow cemetery Devitsa V.
Getty Museum acquires Caillebotte’s Young Man at His Window
Getty is successful bidder on 19th-century masterpiece of modern urban realism.
Ancient archaeological find in Wanuskewin Heritage Park
The find unlocks fascinating information about the Northern Plains Indigenous Peoples who gathered on the land for over 6,400 years.
Justinianic plague was nothing like flu
‘Plague sceptics’ are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th– 8th centuries CE, argues a new study based on ancient texts and recent genetic discoveries.
Re(dis)covering Chora: The Byzantine name of the Rose
The symposium will take place between November 25 and 26, 2021 in Athens, at the amphitheater of the War Museum.
Walls of buildings in Athens to become works of art
"The goal is for the city to be filled with beautiful colours and to be an outdoor exhibition of murals" announced the Municipality of Athens in a press release.
Archaeologists discover salt workers’ residences at underwater Maya site
New findings on the organization of the salt industry to supply basic dietary commodity to inland cities during the Classic Maya civilization.
Archaeologists reveal Hellenistic fortress destroyed by the Hasmoneans
“The building’s devastation is probably related to the region’s conquest by the Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus in around 112 BCE,” said Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists.
Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada
This is the formal call for papers for the Annual Conference of the Classical Association of Canada, which will be held in May 2022.
Genetic Changes in Bronze Age Southern Iberia
DNA from 136 ancient Iberians reveals genomic and social transformations during the Copper Age to Bronze Age transition in southwestern Europe.
African and Asian Interactions with the Ancient Mediterranean
The call for abstracts for the 26th Annual Classics Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of Virginia is now open.
Were the ancient Maya an agricultural cautionary tale?
New survey shows that some Maya kingdoms had sustainable agricultural practices and high food yields for centuries.