Symposium: Balkan and Aegean artistic identities
The symposium aims to shed light on the artistic and cultural identities that flourished in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Balkans and Aegean.
University of Crete, Summer School in Classics 2025
The Organising Committee of the Summer School in Classics at Rethymnon offers partial bursaries for students to attend the 2nd Summer School.
Modern magic unlocks Merlin’s medieval secrets
Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project.
New Discoveries at the Ramesseum in Luxor
Archaeologists have uncovered tombs, storage areas but also the site of a temple school!
A funerary relief from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno
A funerary relief showing the almost life-size figures of a couple from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno has been discovered.
Children participated in cave paintings
Why did ancient humans bring their young children to cave painting sites, deep underground and through dark, meandering, hazardous passages?
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara more than 7,000 years ago.
Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions
Using a mathematical model, researchers have identified potential societal impacts based on demographic changes.
Clay jug painted with camel unearthed in Yatir Forest excavations
The discovery was made during works to improve accessibility to the site, an initiative by the Jewish National Fund-KKL.
Renowned archaeologist Georgios Korres passed away
Renowned Greek archaeologist and academic Georgios S. Korres passed away on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the age of 85.
Even the common people drank wine in Troy
Chemical analysis yields first evidence of wine from depas goblets – and the upper classes were not alone in enjoying such luxuries.
Studentship in Roman History or Latin Language and Literature
The Department of Classics at the University of Reading invites applications for a funded PhD studentship on Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature.
Assessing the Sacred Significance of Figurative Terracottas
The AIA Colloquium addresses the varied conditions that might lead to the inference that a terracotta was invested with religious meaning.
Oxford University Numismatics Society Graduate Colloquium
Abstracts for the Oxford University Numismatics Society’s termly Inter-Institutional Graduate Colloquium are to be sent by 7th May.
Abydos tomb: Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists report
Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists discovered the massive tomb of an unnamed pharaoh at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain.
Making Memories in Ancient Egypt
An up-to-date introduction to memory studies in Egyptology, this book invites the reader to rethink how and why memory matters.
Workshop for cultural heritage caretakers
Call for Papers issued by the EAA for a conference, which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on September 3-6, 2025.
Lead glass jewellery was mass-produced in medieval Poland
Researchers conducted analyses of lead isotope ratios in glass jewellery discovered in a stronghold in Wrocław and in a cemetery in Sypniewo.
Archaeologists unearth one of the UK’s largest Iron Age hoards
The Melsonby Hoard – unearthed near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, UK - includes more than 800 objects.
Unraveling the eastern Maghreb’s Ancient DNA
One of the most remarkable findings is that the eastern Maghreb was a region of strong genetic and cultural resilience.
Caravaggio 2025 in the Palazzo Barberini
“CARAVAGGIO 2025” is on view in Rome's Palazzo Barberini since March 7. The exhibition will run through July 6, 2025.
Ancient military commander’s tomb unearthed in Egypt’s Ismailia
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities unveiled a ground-breaking discovery in Tell el-Maschuta.
Fragment of a human face aged over one million years discovered
The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe.
Mummy from Warsaw was not pregnant
After four years of disputes over the alleged pregnancy of the Egyptian mummy the case has finally been solved.