Who dominates the discourse of the past?
Male academics, who comprise less than 10 percent of North American archaeologists, write the vast majority of the field's high impact, peer-reviewed literature.
Regional Epigraphic Cultures across the Ancient Globe
Panel proposals are invited to be submitted for consideration for the Classical Association Conference 2020.
A musical evening on August Full Moon at the Acropolis Museum
On Thursday 15 August 2019, at 9 p.m., the Acropolis Museum invites visitors to its entrance courtyard on a musical journey under the August Full Moon.
Impressive building of the Middle Neolithic discovered in Koutroulou,Magoula
The tenth archaeological season was completed last week of the Archaeological and Archaeological Ethnography Project of Koutroulou Magoula.
Leigh Fermor house opens to public
Necessary repairs have been completed and the Patrick & Joan Leigh Fermor House is ready to host scholars and artists as well as welcome visitors.
Changes in human diet shed light on human evolution
A shift in diet has long been seen as one of the critical adaptations that distinguishes our own genus Homo from earlier human ancestors.
Using artificial intelligence to fill in gaps in ancient texts
Enrique Jiménez is engaged on the reconstruction of the beginnings of world literature with the help of artificial intelligence.
Archaeologists uncover alignment of six stelae standing stones
The ritual stones date from the Neolithic period (around 2500BC) and were discovered close to where, during the 1960’s several tombs and standing stones were previously discovered.
“The Mysterious East” comes to Athens in November
126 valuable, representative works by Qi Baishi are to be exhibited for the first time in Athens, revealing his very personal style and accomplishments.
Εarliest known lunar calendar may be an engraved pebble
The oldest known lunar calendar may be an engraved pebble dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic found in Velletri, in the Alban Hills, south of Rome.
World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle
A team of Peruvian and American scientists have uncovered the 18-million-year-old remains of the smallest fossil monkey ever found.
The oldest known forerunners of fresco paintings in the Mediterranean
Researchers from the Universities of Beirut and Tübingen have analyzed 4000-year-old murals in a Bronze Age palace in Lebanon.
Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II
This volume is dedicated primarily to Near Eastern palaces which are presented and studied by prominent experts in this field.
Archaeologists in Egypt complete underwater research at Canopus and Heracleion
The Egyptian-European Archaeological Mission of the European Institute of Marine Archeology completed the current season’s work at the underwater site of Canopus and Heracleion, in the Gulf of Abu Qir, Alexandria.
Classical Origins of Renaissance Aesthetics
The Society for Early Modern Classical Reception (SEMCR) welcomes proposals for papers to be delivered at the 2020 meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Philadelphia, PA.
3-D model of 18th century slave ship brings a harrowing story to life
A 3-D model of an 18th century slave ship, which captures the cramped, dirty and stifling conditions experienced by enslaved Africans, has been launched as a new digital teaching tool.
Mosaics of Thessaloniki and Ravenna ‟converse” at the Rotunda
The "conversations" take place in the exhibition "The glow of the mosaic, authentic and copies from Thessaloniki and Ravenna″.
Fifth British Egyptology Congress (BEC5)
Egypt Exploration Society is partnering with Durham University to organise the fifth British Egyptology Congress, which will take place in September 2020.
The road to Scandinavia’s Bronze Age
Study results reveal a crucial dependency on British and continental European trading sources during the beginnings of the Nordic Bronze Age.
Pottery from unknown culture found in Ecuador
Archaeologists have found shards of ceramic vessels referred to the cultural sediments of early periods of Real Alto site.
First reports after the earthquake in Attica
The Directors General both of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage and of Restorations, Museums and Technical Works were responsible for immediately gathering reports on records of possible damages to monuments and archaeological sites in Attica following the earthquake last Friday. Minister
Secrets of a Babylonian Villa in Ur
Ur is one of the world’s oldest cities. What was life like for its inhabitants some 4000 years ago?
Large sanctuary complex revealed in Geroskipou-Pachyammos
The sanctuary complex comprises a Greek style temple ‘peristyle in antis’ surrounded by a ‘peribolos’ wall, or an enclosure.
Pleistocene/early Holocene Mesoamerican stone tool tradition documented
Scientists from The University of New Mexico led a study in Belize to document the very earliest indigenous stone tool tradition in southern Mesoamerica.