Yiorgis Yerolymbos “Mare Liberum”
Skoufa Gallery presents Yiorgis Yerolymbos’ solo photography exhibition.
William & Mary Fall Lecture Series
Three lectures will take place at the Department of Classical Studies at William & Mary this fall.
Zoe Skiadaressis: Angels and Landscape
Being taught by Yannis Moralis and Spyros Papaloukas, Zoe Skiadaressis incorporates in her work forms of tradition, urban and folklore.
Discovery of rare Roman cattle bones sheds new light on ancient farming
The “incredibly rare” discovery of Roman cattle bones by archaeologists has shed new light on how ancient farmers butchered and sold meat.
Common carp aquaculture in Neolithic China
An international team of researchers analyzed fish bones excavated from the Early Neolithic Jiahu site in Henan Province, China.
Tel Aviv University researchers discover evidence of biblical kingdom in Arava Desert
Findings also suggest pharaoh's influence on Edom turned kingdom into copper powerhouse, say TAU researchers.
Becoming familiar with the Velika Castle
Research on the Castle of Velika still has a long way to go, since only the finds in 0.74 of an acre out of 3 have been unearthed and studied.
Unveiling of ‘Calpeia’
Her remains had been found and excavated, by archaeologists working with the Gibraltar National Museum, from a cave burial near Europa Point in 1996.
Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
New study of an ape-like pelvis suggests human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apes.
Northern France was already inhabited more than 650,000 years ago
The first evidence of human occupation in northern France has been put back by 150,000 years.
Peristera shipwreck off Alonnisos opens to the public next summer
A total of four underwater museums will be created in Magnesia that will highlight the archaeological sites in different areas.
Coins for the Gods, Coins for the Merchants
The conference focuses on different aspects of coins to examine the phenomenon of sacred/profane coinage.
Online GIS database for Egypt’s Theban Necropolis relaunched
The OLGIS-TN is not merely a tomb finder, but a powerful reference tool for studying the Theban necropolis using maps of very high resolution.
Roman bronze cauldron unearthed in central Norway burial cairn
Sometime around 150-300 CE a person died at the place now called Gylland in the Gaula River valley, in southern Trondelag county...
The sex of the ‘Lovers of Modena’ has been classified as male
Scientists detected a particular protein isoform on both of them.
The enigma of Βronze Αge tin
Researchers use methods of the natural sciences to uncover geographic origin of archaeological tin artifacts from the Mediterranean.
Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants
Extinct palorchestid marsupials likely filled a niche no longer occupied in modern Australia.
UCL Lyceum Seminar
The UCL Department of Greek and Latin is pleased to announce that the Lyceum Classics Community Seminar will continue to run in the 2019-20 academic year.
Repatriation of an inscribed pediment of a funerary stele to Cyprus
The carved pediment is very similar to another Cypriot funerary pedimental stele from the village of Tremetoushia (Larnaka District), now in the British Museum.
Lost Ptolemaic tomb rediscovered and fully documented
The tomb had originally discovered in the 19th century but its exact whereabouts had since become unknown.
Settlement from the historical period located at Pyrgari
The site is being archaeologically excavated under the supervision of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea.
The Petras cemetery has been uncovered
This season’s excavation took place from 1 July to 9 August, under the Honorary Director of the Ministry of Culture, Dr Metaxia Tsipopoulou.
The new finds of Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou
Seven relevant coeval contexts different in use and function have been cleared in 2019 both in the workshop complex and in the residential quarter.
Early humans used tiny, flint ‘surgical’ tools to butcher elephants
New discovery by Tel Aviv University-led research group suggests early humans in the Levant were sophisticated and environmentally conscious.