Travel, Connection, and the Uses of History
Call for papers for a conference to be held at the University of Southampton on May 15, 2025.
A necessary burden
Sometimes, the word “ballast” has a negative connotation of “burden”. Yet, ballast was a crucial resource in global seafaring.
Rose Salane: Periphery in Red, Yellow, Blue
The Institute of Fine Arts is pleased to announce Periphery in Red, Yellow, Blue, a solo exhibition featuring new work by artist Rose Salane.
The Neolithic of the Sárköz and Adjacent Regions in Hungary
The present volume summarises the bioarchaeological research carried out since the excavations in the Alsónyék settlement and adjacent sites.
First articulating leg of Paranthropus robustus discovered
Fossils from Swartkrans Cave in South Africa reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was upright, but also vulnerable to predators.
Iron shackles from the Ptolemaic gold mines of Ghozza
The article presents the Early Ptolemaic period iron shackles which have been discovered in Ghozza, a 3rd c. BC gold mine in Egypt.
New mammoth bone finds in Lower Austria
In Langmannersdorf an der Perschling in Lower Austria, archaeologists have discovered large quantities of mammoth bones and stone tools.
Buddha statue torso and head reassembled
The head, discovered in 1927, was scanned and compared with the newly found body, allowing for a near-complete reassembly of the statue.
“Frontiers” of Southeast Iberian Bronze Age communities identified
The research is based on the analysis of the production and circulation of pottery vessels in the northern part of present-day Murcia.
PECUNIA: Public Wealth in the Cities of Roman Asia Minor (27 BC-AD 235)
An ERC-funded project inviting applications for a 3-year doctoral contract to investigate public wealth in the cities of Roman provinces
Royal Tomb and Pottery Workshop Discovered In Sohag, Egypt
A new tomb at Abydos' Mountain of Anubis and a workshop, warehouse facilities and tombs in Banawit.
Avocado cultivation’s origins hold lessons for a changing climate
New research from anthropologists Amber VanDerwarker and Doug Kennett of UC Santa Barbara elucidates the history of avocado domestication.
Of puppets and puppeteers
Jan Szymański and Gabriela Prejs have published a paper about Preclassic clay figurines from San Isidro, El Salvador.
‘You don’t just throw them in a box’
Two years ago, Chance Ward began opening boxes of horse remains that had been shipped to the CU Museum of Natural History from other institutions around the country. What he saw made his heart sink.
Innovative ancient burial site found to be older than Stonehenge
New research reveals Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture during the Neolithic period.
Phoenician and Punic language training
Organised by the Institute of Classical Studies, the Faculty of Linguistics and the Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies of Oxford University.
Fully-funded PhD Late Antiquity
Cardiff University (Wales, UK) is offering a fully funded full-time PhD on the theme of Health and Healing in Late Antiquity.
Maria van Oosterwijck’s masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is displaying a recently acquired still life by Maria van Oosterwijck in the Gallery of Honour.
Climate change and degradation of archaeological environments
The project aims to identify links between climate change and the increasing degradation of archaeological cultural environments in Svalbard.
Pompeii: Discovery of a room with frescoes
An extremely rare “megalography” of the 1st century BC, like the famous Villa of the Mysteries.
Two Lecturer Positions at the University of California, Davis
The Classics Program at the UC Davis, invites applicants for 2 full-time lecturer appointments beginning academic year 2025-26.
Early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors
Oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal that human ancestors were likely capable of more advanced abstract reasoning.
Lecturer in Ancient History
The University of Leeds is appointing a Lecturer in Ancient History. This is a full-time Teaching and Research post.
Discovery of first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb
Excavations at Kach Kouch, located in northwest Morocco, reveal a human occupation datable to between 2200 and 600 BC.