2nd Call for Papers: Annual Meeting of UK and Eire Postgraduates in Ancient History (AMPAH)
The AMPAH 2018-2019 organising committee is pleased to announce the second call for papers for the next Annual Meeting of UK and Eire Postgraduates in Ancient History (AMPAH).
Mosaics & Power: From Ravenna to Sinai
The lecture will survey the immense range of Byzantine mosaic decoration of the sixth century, concentrating on the reign of Emperor Justinian.
Postgraduate course in Linear B and Mycenaean Greek
This intensive two-week course, based on site-visits, lectures, seminars and practical classes, introduces students to the Linear B script used in the Late Bronze Age Aegean.
The largest known mammal-like reptile lived in Silesia
The largest mammal-like reptile known to date, Lisiowicia bojani, lived in Silesia about 210 million years ago.
Revealing the face of an infamous 19th century British assassin from a skull
A brand new portrait of the only person to have successfully assassinated a British Prime Minister, has been revealed by museum technicians at Queen Mary University of London.
How ancient Mayan shell decor led to a new look at freshwater mussels south of the border
The first molecular study of freshwater mussels native to Mexico and Central America, adding crucial and long-missing piece to our understanding of North American freshwater mussels.
FEFU archaeologists have found the oldest burials in Ecuador
Analysis of artifacts will help scientists understand the development of ancient cultures on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and clarify the origin and development of ancient American civilizations.
Ancient Egyptian tomb full of coffins discovered in Assasif
An Ancient Egyptian tomb full of coffins was discovered in Assasif, Egypt.
Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology in the Athenian Agora
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science (ASCSA) in collaboration with the ASCSA Excavations at the Athenian Agora offers a full week-long Field School on Site Formation, Stratigraphy, and Geoarchaeology in the Athenian Agora.
Important finds from the excavation at Petroto, Trikala
It is the only known example in West Thessaly of a Final Neolithic or even earlier settlement whose life continued uninterrupted to the end of the Bronze Age.
Gigantic mammal ‘cousin’ discovered
Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Poland, have discovered fossils from a new genus of gigantic dicynodont.
First human remains found in El Salvador’s Joya de Ceren
Τhe investigation will be expanded in Complex 1 of Joya de Cerén after the discovery of a skeleton, human footprints and cultivation furrows in the excavations carried out.
The French are searching for colours on the body of the Delphi Charioteer
'The latest research on the bronzes of antiquity: new data on the Delphi Charioteer' is the title of the lecture by Sophie Descamps.
Women’s agency and religious networks
This panel explores the agency of women in and via religious networks from antiquity to the present, allowing for an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach and a comparative discussion of the subject matter.
Discovery in Aswan-Kom Ombo area
The Italian-American mission working in the Aswan-Kom Ombo project in Aswan has uncovered the grave of a woman and her fetus dating back to 3700 years ago.
Rock art might help understand how human language has evolved
New study suggests cave paintings represent a modality of language expression.
Greek Studies on Site
Greek Studies on Site offers intensive seminars on Greek literature, philosophy and culture, taking place in Athens, Greece.
The New Nomadic Age – Archaeologies of Forced and Undocumented Migration
This book, the first archaeological anthology on the topic, takes up the challenge and explores the diverse intellectual, methodological, ethical, and political frameworks for an archaeology of forced and undocumented migration in the present.
Arrest for possession of ancient artefacts in Laconia
The following items were found and confiscated: three terracotta female statuettes, two vases, two terracotta ointment jars and a round object made of terracotta, all either Hellenistic or Roman.
Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend
New uranium-lead ages for fossil bearing caves change the landscape of human evolution in South Africa
David Hockney painting sold for $90.3 million
The painting, which became one of Hockney’s cult works, features on the covers of many books on the artist.
2,200-year-old Greek inscription found in NW Turkey
Turkish archaeologists investigating a ancient villa in northwestern Turkey have uncovered a Hellenistic inscription.
Israel: Possible vanilla chemicals in a Bronze Age tomb
At the Bronze Age site of Megiddo archaeologists have found traces of two major chemical compunds in vanilla extract in three jugs.
4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space
A vast array of regularly spaced, still-inhabited termite mounds in northeastern Brazil—covering an area the size of Great Britain—are up to about 4,000 years old.