58 shipwrecks have been located in the Fournoi archipelago
Between the 7th and 29th of September, the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities completed the fourth season of underwater archaeological research.
3rd International Conference “Roman and Late Antique Thrace” (RaLATh)
The National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, and İstanbul Unıversıty host the 3rd International Conference "Roman and Late Antique Thrace" (RaLATh) in Komotini, Greece, (18-21 October 2018).
Oldest evidence for animals found by UCR researchers
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have found the oldest clue yet of animal life, dating back at least 100 million years before the famous Cambrian explosion of animal fossils.
Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway
Archaeologists armed with a motorized high resolution georadar have found a Viking ship and a large number of burial mounds and longhouses in Østfold County in Norway.
€1.18 million for the self-destructed work by Banksy
The woman who last week bought the work by enigmatic artist Banksy valued at 1.18 million Euros and which self-destructed immediately after it was auctioned in London, has confirmed she will pay Sotheby’s auction house the price for the work.
Exhibition by Dimitris Alithinos at the Lemesos Achaeological Museum
In this exhibition Alithinos creates within an archaeological museum where time does not exist – or where there is a multitude of times, conventionally determined.
Extensive trade in fish between Egypt and Canaan 3,500 years ago
The dorade was caught in the Bardawil lagoon on the northern Sinai coast and then transported from Egypt to sites in the southern Levant.
Parasites from medieval latrines unlock secrets of human history
A radical new approach combining archaeology, genetics and microscopy can reveal long-forgotten secrets of human diet, sanitation and movement from studying parasites in ancient poo.
Important finds from prehistoric Akrotiri, Thera
Inside a building, known as the “House of Benches,” amphoras and small rectangular clay larnakes were found.
12th Celtic Conference in Classics
Suggestions are invited, from potential convenors, for themes to form panels at the 12th edition of the Celtic Conference in Classics.
Women in Power in the Ancient World and the Ancient Imaginary
A panel sponsored by the Women’s Classical Caucus for the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies in Washington, DC organized by Serena S. Witzke and T.H.M. Gellar-Goad.
Did the ancestors of mammals live underground?
It is an ancient system and has hardly changed in the course of evolution.
‘Vampire burial’ reveals efforts to prevent child’s return from grave
The discovery of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, possibly infected with malaria, from rising from the dead and spreading disease to the living.
Egyptian archaeologists discover stele of liberation queens in Aswan
Egyptian archaeologists discovered a limestone stele in Kom Ombo temple area dated back to Early 18th Dynasty or the Liberation war period.
Traces – Textures
The Museum of Byzantine Culture presents the exhibition of the artist Maria Kompatsiari, titled “TRACES-TEXTURES” in the multi-purpose hall “Eftychia Kourkoutidou-Nikolaidou”.
Reconstructing the history of mankind with the help of fecal sterols
The story of mankind's presence on the planet can be told by studying the sediment and soil accumulation of these chemical compounds in human feces.
“The culture that connects us”
A unique online initiative that celebrates the diversity and liveliness of European cultural heritage.
The “Girl with Balloon” was shredded while being auctioned
One of the most well known works by Banksy was torn to pieces by a paper shredder hidden in its frame, the moment the hammer had secured the work.
Statistical method recreates the history of a long-abandoned village in Spain
Paola Ricci from the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy and colleagues used this approach to establish the history of the village in the time leading up to the Middle Ages.
Roman settlement discovered during A66 Eden Valley works
Foundations of the original Roman road, traces of Roman life – and death – have been identified at the site, where major carriageway reconstruction and resurfacing is being carried out.
Humans may have colonized Madagascar later than previously thought
New archaeological evidence from southwest Madagascar reveals that modern humans colonized the island thousands of years later than previously thought.
Multi-disciplinary research at ancient Maniki port
Excavation focused on three stratigraphic sections dug through the vast dumps of late Roman transport amphorae at the harbor’s edge.
Into the sanctum sanctorum of the funerary monument on the Kasta hill
Katerina Peristeri presented through numerous photographs all those elements that make this funerary monument so unique.
Small carnivores might be the most destructive in archaeological sites
A recent study attempts to simulate the actions of small carnivores at an experimental level and find diagnostic features that make them different from other agents.