Inherited Neandertal ion channel linked to pain sensitivity
Some people have inherited a Neandertal variant of a gene that encodes an ion channel that initiates the sensation of pain.
Statue of Egyptian couple heads for Leicester’s Ancient Egypt collection
Put for sale after Thomas Cooks collapse, the city was able to raise the £150,000 required to secure the statue for Leicester’s museums.
Raphael may have died of a “coronavirus related disease”
The new study is co-authored by historian of medicine Michele Augusto Riva with three fellow researchers from Bicocca University, Milan.
New Attic Inscriptions Online
Including photos of monuments with decrees honoring ephebes and entries for the choregic monuments of Nikias and Thrasyllos.
Foxes have been eating humans’ leftovers for 42,000 years
Ancient fox diets might be good indicators of human impact on past ecosystems.
Archaeologists search for lost Viking cemetery
Archaeologists are searching for a lost Viking cemetery at the Truso Viking settlement near Janów in Poland.
The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Scottish and Classical Connections
University of Edinburgh calls for applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship on Scottish Philhellenism.
Arizona rock core sheds light on Triassic Dark Ages
A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, has given scientists a powerful new tool to understand how catastrophic events shaped Earth’s ecosystems before the rise of the dinosaurs.
New Mygatt-Moore Quarry research leads to prehistoric climate finds
A new study published in PeerJ looks at the insect species who feasted on decaying dinosaurs back in the Jurassic period.
Announcement by the Athens University Senate concerning Hagia Sophia
The University of Athens has a long history in protecting cultural heritage and recently established the Center for Excellence in the Enhancement of Orthodox Heritage and Interreligious Dialogue.
Cult Practices in Ancient Literatures: Egyptian, Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Narratives in a Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Proceedings of a Workshop at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, May 16-17, 2016.
Erdogan: “We are making Hagia Sophia a mosque again”
The first collective Muslim prayers will take place on July 24.
Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of climate
Neanderthal groups that lived in the western Mediterranean 42,000 years ago did not become extinct because of changes in climate.
Doggerland: Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA
Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through an area known as Doggerland...
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh
Prior to their application, applicants should contact a potential mentor in the department to discuss the application.
The underwater museum off Alonissos is opening its aquatic gates this year
From Monday, August 3 to Friday, October 2, 2020, amateur scuba divers and free divers will be able to visit the famous 5th century BC amphorae shipwreck.
Ancient Egypt’s Hyksos might have been immigrants, not invaders, new study claims
An influx of non-locals can be observed in the pre-Hyksos period (12th and 13th Dynasties, c. 1991–1649 BCE), while the number of individuals already born in the Delta is larger during the Hyksos period.
David Hockney painting fetches record price
"30 Sunflowers" is the second most expensive work by a Western artist sold in Asia.
UNESCO to reexamine the status of Hagia Sophia
"It is unfortunate that Turkey's decision was not the subject of dialogue, nor was there any earlier notification", said the statement.
Colossal Atlas statue to be raised upright in Sicily’s Valley of the Temples
Still, there is a controversy as to how this is going to materialize.
Eight funded Ph.D. Positions at the University of Urbino
The positions advertised include themes in classics, history, and cultural studies.
Remains of Aztec palace & house built by Hernán Cortés discovered
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered basalt slab floors from the Palace of Axayácatl, and remains of a house built by the conquistador Hernán Cortés.
The Verona International Summer School in Medieval Palaeography goes online
Intensive online course in writing culture from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (415-1500).
Archaeologists uncover 29,000 years of Aboriginal history
Radiocarbon dating of shell middens captures a record of Aboriginal occupation in South Australia’s Riverland region to around 29,000 years.