Scientists find the first bird beak, right under their noses
Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day birds.
Expert disease detective unravels mysterious illness that killed famed 12th century sultan
After closely examining a range of evidence about Saladin's condition, Stephen J. Gluckman has developed a diagnosis about Saladin's death.
Neanderthal markings on flint stones could be symbolic art
A new study suggests that markings carved on flint stone by the Neanderthals could be symbolic representational art.
ICE returns ancient artifacts to Iraq
On May 2, 2018, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned 3,800 ancient artifacts, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and clay bullae, to the Republic of Iraq.
Pope’s favourite icon glows once more
Visitors to the church of Santa Mara Maggiore in Rome are lucky. They will notice that the icon Salus Populi Romani (Salvation of the People of Rome), one of the favourite icons of the Roman Catholic Church and of Pope Francis himself, is glowing once again.
Scientists call for ‘open-skies’ imagery policy over Israel and Palestine
New Oxford University research has called for an 'open-skies policy' around the availability of high resolution satellite imagery of Israel and Palestine.
Humans were present in the Philippine islands as early as 700,000 years ago
An international team of researchers led by Dr Thomas Ingicco from the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, France, and M. Clyde Shago-on from the National Museum of the Philippines discovered the oldest evidence of hominins occupation in the Philippines.
Scientists find seeds of domestic plants in the burial sites of ancient nomads
An international team of scientists has studied burial sites dated back to the Bronze Age at the border between Kalmykia and Stavropol Territory and found traces of domestic barley on the walls of vessels.
Part of Mytilene’s defensive wall discovered
It is part of a wall of the 3rd century BC, constructed of massive ashlar blocks of local stone with obvious repairs from Roman times.
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige: Unconformities
It is for the third time that Onassis Cultural Center invites the distinguished French-Lebanese pair, this time for their project “Unconformities” at the Acropolis Museum.
DNA adds twist to ancient story of Native American group
The ancient genomes of the Tsimshian indigenous people left tell-tale markers on the trail of their past.
Evidence of large-scale children sacrifice found in Peru
The Las Llamas site in northern Peru yields evidence of the world's largest ritual child sacrifice case about 550 years ago.
New evidence pertaining to expansion of the kingdom of David and Solomon uncovered
Researchers find new evidence that supports the existence of Israel's united monarchy and indicate that the Kingdom extended beyond Jerusalem's vicinity.
Ancient quids reveal clues about genetic ancestry of early Great Basin inhabitants
Researchers recover intact human mitochondrial DNA from common type of plant-based artifact.
Prehistoric footprints indicate sloth hunt by humans
Archaeologists examining a set of fossilized footprints believe the scene was where prehistoric humans hunted down sloths, leading perhaps to their extinction.
The forgotten Papyrus
Exhibition about a Late New Kingdom papyrus found in one of the terracotta cones in 2013, when the animal mummies in the Ancient Egyptian and Near-Eastern Collection were moved to a new depot.
A study challenges the European origin of Neanderthals
CENIEH has analysed dental samples from two of the most important Middle Pleistocene archaeological sites in Europe, the Arago Cave, in southern France, and Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca), in northern Spain.
Identifying the use of tinder fungi among neolithic communities at la Draga
Inhabitants of the Neolithic community at la Draga (Banyoles, Girona) already used fungi to light or transport fires 7300 years ago.
Evidence for persistent forest reliance by indigenous peoples
Researchers demonstrated that while some indigenous hunter-gatherers in Sri Lanka made use of agricultural resources and trade connections with farmers and colonial power structures, others continued to subsist primarily on tropical forest resources as late as the 19th century.
Angelos Delivorrias: Patience, endurance and Greek tenacity
"His true life story is very difficult to formulate, because there will always be aspects οf Angelos Delivorrias, the man and scientist, for us to discover."
Géza Alföldy stipends offered by AIEGL in 2018
The Association Internationale d’Épigraphie Grecque et Latine will award two Géza Alföldy stipends in 2018: a Research Grant and a Publication Grant.
The Album of the World Emperor: Cosmopolitan Collecting at the Ottoman Court of the Seventeenth-Century
The lecture will examine an early-seventeenth century album made for the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I.
‘As It Is Written’? Uses of Sources in Ancient Mediterranean Texts
Proposals for papers focusing on the use of sources in ancient texts from scholars working in Classics, Hebrew Bible, and/or Ancient Near Eastern Studies are invited.
The skeleton of a child has been discovered at Pompeii site
The skeleton of a child has been unearthed from the ruins of Pompeii, as was announced yesterday.