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.
Assistant Director of the IIHSA
The Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens is pleased to call for applications for the position of Assistant Director (part-time) to replace the current post holder.
Affect, Intensity, Antiquity
Affect, Intensity, Antiquity is the subject of an online conference scheduled for 20-22 August 2021. Classical scholars and experts in fields relating to the ancient Mediterranean world are invited to submit abstracts for consideration. Recent years have seen a collective
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.
“Local Traditions” in the Ancient World
New Classicists will be starting their new online seminar series in September of this year.
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,
Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire
The purpose of this workshop is to close the artificial divides, especially between “secular” and “ecclesiastical” politics, imposed on the sixth century by the specialisations of modern scholarship.
Giacometti and Ancient Egypt
The Giacometti Institute and the Louvre, invite us toexplore the relationship between the sculptor and Egyptian art.
Ancient History Chair at the University of Leipzig
The Faculty of History, Art and Area Studies seeks to fill the W3 Professorship in Ancient History at the earliest opportunity.
Takis: A World in Motion
An extensive exhibition of emblematic works by internationally renowned sculptor Takis at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
Snakes and lizards of Guadeloupe after the arrival of European colonialists
Researchers use fossil data to reveal the primary drivers and extent of colonial era extinctions.
University of Haifa: Lectureship/Professorship in the History of the Mediterranean
The position is open to any rank, although senior scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.
The “House of Europa” has opened to the public
While for many years now the monument was difficult to visit, its upgrading has at last made it accessible.
Egypt and the Desert
The book focuses on the interdependent relationship between the people of the Nile Valley and the deserts surrounding it.
Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Through a new analysis of archaeological seeds, researchers at the University of Basel have been able to bolster the hypothesis that prehistoric farmers throughout the Alps participated in domesticating the opium poppy.
A large number of rock-cut tombs excavated in Al Hamdiya necropolis, Sohag, Egypt
This group of tombs represents the rulers and staff of the 9th province (nome) of Upper Egypt.
A new species of dinosaur has been identified
By a team of palaeontologists in Mexico after the discovery nearly a decade ago of its fossilized bones.
Byzantium, Venice and the Medieval Adriatic
This book offers the first synthesis of the history of the Adriatic between the seventh and the mid-fifteenth century.