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.
The Stories Bodies Tell
The Stories Bodies Tell is an inclusive interdisciplinary symposium exploring the many and diverse ways bodies tell and reveal their stories, with or without intention.
Research Associate at the University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is offering a part-time (50%) fixed term (01/10/2021-30/09/2024) research position in the Project 'Etymologika'.
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.
Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed plague of bunions in medieval Britain
The British suffered for their fashion as a vogue for shoes with a pointed tip led to a sharp increase in hallux valgus of the big toe.
Forest regrowth and widespread Indigenous mortality
Research tests significance of forest regrowth following widespread mortality among Indigenous populations in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Researchers link ancient wooden structure to water ritual
The Noceto Vasca Votiva is a unique wood structure that was unearthed on a small hill in northern Italy in 2005.
The Glass Ark in Venice
The exhibition focuses on the extraordinary glass animal collection of Pierre Rosenberg, former Director/President of the Louvre in Paris.
Golden Mummies of Egypt
The book showcases for the first time an extraordinary group of Egyptian mummies examining how and why they came to Manchester Museum.
PhD Fellowship Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies
2021 Call for 1 PhD Fellowship at the University of Coimbra, in the areas of Classical Studies or Food Heritage: Cultures and Identities.
Two tombs for one man: the case of Maya
Maya managed to remain active during the Amarna ad post Amarna period. How do we know? From two tombs that survive under his name.