The most ancient cave painting of an animal found in Indonesia
The depiction of a warty pig, discovered on the wall of a cave difficult to access, dates back at least 45,500 years.
New discoveries brought to light in Saqqara
Egyptian archaeologists in Saqqara brought to light a new massive set of discoveries, mainly following the excavation of newly found burial shafts in the iconic necropolis near Cairo.
Development grant Roman Society Archaeology Committee
Support for training programmes or workshops to ‘upskill’ existing archaeologists and archaeology students in an aspect of Roman archaeology.
EAA 2021: Landscapes and the Augustan Revolution
The Call for Papers for EAA 2021 Session #192 "Landscapes and the Augustan Revolution" is now open.
Scientists identify contents of ancient Maya drug containers
Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for the first time.
The house Nikos Gatsos was born is to be declared a monument
Minister of Culture and Sports requested the immediate start of the process for declaring the house a monument.
Preserving Egypt’s Layered History
In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, ARCE is pleased to announce the launch of “Preserving Egypt’s Layered History” today in celebration of Egyptian Archaeologists day.
New fossil provides clarity to the history of Alligatoridae
Researchers have identified a 42-million-year-old partial skull that may have belonged to one of the last prehistoric caimans to roam the United States.
150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its time
In a new study, an international research team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of the ancient shark Asteracanthus.
Teeth pendants speak of the elk’s prominent status in the Stone Age
Roughly 8,200 years ago, the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, housed a large burial ground where men, women and children of varying ages were buried.
The “Asclepius Plan” at Trikala
It places emphasis on the primary sector, medicinal plants, education, the strengthening of the tertiary sector and enhancing the work of Asclepius.
Meipu teeth shed light on the human settlement of Asia
Study on one of the few human fossils known from late Early Pleistocene China, the Meipu teeth, which provides new information on the early settlement of continental Asia.
Ancient DNA reveals secrets of dire wolves
Dire wolves, made famous in the TV show Game of Thrones, were common across North America until around 13,000 years ago, after which they went extinct.
Uffizi Gallery celebrates 700th anniversary of Dante’s death
A virtual exhibition of rarely seen drawings by Federico Zuccari, inspired by the Divine Comedy.
ΕΑΑ 2021: Producing power
The Call for Papers for EAA 2021 Session #513 "Producing power: Exploring the relationship between production and socio-economic change in the Mediterranean from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age" is now open.
New insights from original Domesday survey revealed
A new interpretation of the survey behind Domesday Book has emerged from a major new study of the survey's earliest surviving manuscript.
Collapse of part of the masonry of Methoni Castle
The semicircular tower, one of the oldest in the citadel,dates back to the early 13th century.
Nena Galanidou: ‘Palaeolithic Lesbos is my pride’
In December 2020, a very interesting interview of Nena Galanidou, Professor in Prehistoric Archaeology of the University of Crete was published in Conversations in Human Evolution.
ERC-funded project MIGMAG: 2x postdoc, 2x PhD researchers
MIGMAG s a 5-year project based at the Institute for Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant.
First human culture lasted 20,000 years longer than thought
Some 11 thousand years ago, Africa's furthest west harbored the last populations to preserve tool-making traditions first established by the earliest members of our species.
Archaeologists discover Medieval treasure hoard in Central Hungary
Archaeologists conducting a rescue excavation in the village and commune of Újlengye, in the Pest County of Central Hungary have unearthed over 7,000 medieval and Roman coins.
The Long Fourth Century BC
The Call for Papers for the Session #298 “The Long Fourth Century BC: Tracing the Transformation of Southern Italy in Its Mediterranean Context” at the 2021 Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists has been announced.
The Museum of Modern Greek Culture is to be handed over to the public
As a whole, the 18 buildings comprise a neighborhood of Athens, just as it was designed in the late 19th-early 20th century.