Cross-Cultural Interaction in Egypt through the Ages
This three-day, livestreamed event will focus on Egypt’s enduring role in cross-cultural exchange.
Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed at the British Museum
After the signing of a historic loan agreement, for the Bayeux Tapestry to go to the British Museum for display.
Ancient city unearthed in Peru
Newly discovered Peñico city linked coast, Andes, and Amazon after the fall of Caral civilization.
Ancient timber halls unearthed in Carnoustie
Archaeologists uncover a massive Neolithic structure, revealing ritual practices, early farming life, and a rare Bronze Age weapon hoard.
War in the Ancient World
Call for Papers for the upcoming War in the Ancient World International Conference 2026 on the Greco-Roman world, the ancient Near East, etc.
Petition for the Preservation and Protection of Papoura Hill
The Greek government is promoting the installation of a civil aviation radar within the boundaries of the monument and its surrounding historical landscape. Sign to prevent it.
Lost Medieval town at Hamar uncovered
The GPR results revealed urban-like features with clusters of buildings, narrow passageways, and street alignments.
Neanderthals ran ‘fat factories’ 125,000 years ago
The evidence comes from the Neumark-Nord 2 site in central Germany, dating back 125,000 years to an interglacial period.
“Bridging Cultures” – connecting cultures
The exhibition demonstrates that exchange was already a driving force behind social and technological developments in antiquity.
The Anthropology of Death and Afterlife
The Netherlands Institute at Athens organises a course which will be taking a longue durée approach to the study of death in Greece.
Hellenistic noble house unearthed in North Macedonia
Excavation reveals the northernmost Ionic architecture and rare Greek graffiti, showing deep cultural ties to the ancient Mediterranean world.
Kouphovouno: A Neolithic and Bronze Age Site in Laconia
Publication about Kouphovouno, which lies just south of Sparta and has been described as “the most important Neolithic site in Laconia”.
300-year-old shipwreck uncovered off Madagascar
Researchers think the shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure vessel captured by pirates in 1721.
Rare Kushan-Era artifact unearthed in Tajikistan
Archaeologists ave discovered a rare and important clay vessel bearing a fully preserved Bactrian-language inscription from the Kushan era.
Ancient Lighthouse stones recovered in Alexandria
This underwater archaeological triumph provides both new data and digital life for a lost wonder of the ancient world.
Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses
The exhibition “Archaic elites: Warriors and princesses, 9th–5th cent. BC” has opened in the Museum of ancient Eleutherna.
Beyond Methodological Nationalism
This conference brings historians from all periods and areas together to organise against methodological nationalism.
A discovery that enriches the heritage of the Phlegraean Fields
The discovery was made near the entrance to the Roman port of the ancient colony of Misenum, the naval base of the Classis Misenensis.
Researchers sequence first genome from ancient Egypt
Researchers have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago.
Hymn to Babylon discovered
The previously unknown hymn of praise comes from the period around 1000 BCE. LMU Professor Enrique Jiménez used AI to find 30 other related manuscripts.
Pyla-Kokkinokremos: Results of the 2025 excavations
Valuable new information about the architectural organization, material culture, and everyday life in this strategically located settlement.
The water management of ancient Arles
Using carbonate fragments, researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the Arles aqueduct system.