Ancient Egypt: From everyday life to eternity
The exhibition features 140 objects on loan from the Egyptian Museum in Turin.
Leverhulme Trust grant schemes 2019-20
The Leverhulme Trust is currently accepting applications for various grant schemes.
Classics at NUI Galway
The call for the IRC Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2020 is now open, offering funding for 4-year PhD starting from 1st September 2020.
Bodies, Bases and Borders: Framing the Divine in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Seminar in Ancient Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.
Arrest of persons conducting illegal excavations
Two gangs were located, whose members were involved in illegal antiquities excavations in the regions of Thessaly and Pieria and also in possession of ancient artefacts.
Four bronze sculptures on The Met’s facade
After 117 years the empty niches of the museum's facade are occupied by four bronze sculptures by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu.
Insight into competitive advantage of modern humans over Neanderthals
A team of Japanese and Italian researchers, including from Tohoku University, have evidenced mechanically delivered projectile weapons in Europe dating to 45,000-40,000 years.
Viking Age mortuary house found in central Norway
A Viking Age mortuary house was discovered during the excavation of the burial ground of one of the Viking Age farms on Vinjeora in Hemne in Trondelag.
The Zominthos Archive has been found
217 tripod vessels are recorded on the tablet that was found, with an ideogram next to the symbols depicting numbers.
Research seminar on Greek fragmentary texts
The research seminar will take place at All Souls College, Oxford, starting on October 15, 2019.
The world in your hand. New directions in numismatic research
Although small and at times unassuming, these media carry and convey an extraordinary array of information; by holding a coin in your hand one might argue you are holding your world.
Anchoring Jobs
The Anchoring Innovation programme is delighted to advertise 9 new Anchoring positions (5 PhDs, 4 postdocs).
Salamis of Cyprus
This richly illustrated book compiles most of the lectures presented during the conference in Nicosia, 21–23 May 2015.
Architects have recreated the Puerta de Triana in Seville
Architectural researchers from the University of Seville have published a scientific article that documents and graphically reconstructs Seville's long vanished Puerta de Triana.
Ministry of Culture reclaims a bronze horse statuette
Ms Mendoni presented to Assistant Prosecutor Michael Bogdanos a number of issues taken up by the ministry over reclaiming and repatriating antiquities.
Leonardo da Vinci’s retrospective at the Louvre
The blockbuster exhibition will feature the iconic Vitruvius Man, in the framework of an exchange agreement between Italy and France.
T. rex used a stiff skull to eat its prey
Scientists at the University of Missouri are arguing that the T. rex's skull was stiff much like the skulls of hyenas and crocodiles.
Dishing the dirt on an early man cave
Microscopic study yields intriguing ancient Denisovan secrets.
Opening of the museum of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation
A museum of international scope, exhibiting contemporary and modern mainly European art, is opening in the heart of Athens.
Croc-like carnivores terrorised Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years ago
The fossils studied by Tolchard include teeth, pieces of jaws, hind limbs and body armour, all of which are can be described as parts of rauisuchians.
One species, many origins
Modern humans evolved in Africa, and we now know that human groups from all over the continent contributed to that process. A group of scientists says that means it is time to stop arguing about where in Africa humans 'really' came from.
First evidence for early baby bottles used to feed animal milk to prehistoric babies
A team of scientists has found the first evidence that prehistoric babies were fed animal milk using the equivalent of modern-day baby bottles.
Machu Picchu: Ancient Incan sanctuary intentionally built on faults
Detailed geoarchaeological analysis that suggests the Incas intentionally built Machu Picchu in a location where tectonic faults meet.