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First human migration out of Africa more geographically widespread than thought

First human migration out of Africa more geographically widespread than thought

A project led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has discovered a fossilized finger bone of an early modern human in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, dating to approximately 90,000 years ago.
The dinosaur menu, as revealed by calcium

The dinosaur menu, as revealed by calcium

By studying calcium in fossil remains in deposits in Morocco and Niger, researchers have been able to reconstruct the food chains of the past, thus explaining how so many predators could coexist in the dinosaurs’ time. 
The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity project is a major 5-year ERC-funded research project, based primarily in Oxford, supported by a team in Warsaw.
Leventis Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hellenic Studies at Exeter

Leventis Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hellenic Studies at Exeter

The University of Exeter wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hellenic Studies.
The Forgotten Theatre II

The Forgotten Theatre II

The Conference will be held on the 29th (or 28th)- 30th of November 2018 at the University of Turin.
The Acropolis Museum excavation has become an archaeological site open to the public

The Acropolis Museum excavation has become an archaeological site open to the public

While excavating the Makriyannis plot of land, part of the ancient city’s residential network came to light in successive construction phases.
The Mystery of pregnant woman burial with skull hole is solved

The Mystery of pregnant woman burial with skull hole is solved

About ten years ago archaeologists discovered a medieval grave of a woman found with a hole on her skull and a foetus between her legs in Imola, Italy. Now researchers attempt to solve the mystery with a new study.
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs

Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs

After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began to take hold.
Tracking the spread of early hunter-gatherers through language

Tracking the spread of early hunter-gatherers through language

Scientists have further evidence that an ancient family of languages spread over most of the Australian continent in the last 6000 years, rapidly replacing pre-existing languages.
Marble statuette of the goddess Hygieia in the hands of antiques traffickers

Marble statuette of the goddess Hygieia in the hands of antiques traffickers

The statuette belongs to the type known as the Hope Hygieia and is a miniature copy from late Hellenistic –early Roman times after a large original of the 4th century BC.
Pompeii site yields new astonishing findings

Pompeii site yields new astonishing findings

Archaeologists working on Pompeii archaeological site have unearthed new remains of public and private areas.
Archaeology shines light on 6,000 years of history

Archaeology shines light on 6,000 years of history

The finds mean experts now have a much better understanding of how the Cambridgeshire landscape was used over 6,000 years of occupation.
Northerners have always been hardy!

Northerners have always been hardy!

Pioneering early people who lived at the end of the last ice age actually carried on with life as usual despite plummeting temperatures, a study at a world-famous archaeological site in North Yorkshire suggests.
An Egyptian sarcophagus that was thought to be empty contains mummy remains

An Egyptian sarcophagus that was thought to be empty contains mummy remains

Archaeologists at the University of Sydney, Australia, were surprised when they found a sarcophagus they thought was empty, stored for more than 150 years, contained the remains of a mummy.
New technology reveals secrets of famous Neandertal skeleton La Ferrassie 1

New technology reveals secrets of famous Neandertal skeleton La Ferrassie 1

In the case of La Ferrassie 1, these approaches have made it possible to identify new fossil remains and pathological conditions of the original skeleton as well as confirm that this individual was deliberately buried.
Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were actually home to up to a million people

Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were actually home to up to a million people

Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to thriving populations of up to a million people, new research shows.
The Tomb of Kha and Merit

The Tomb of Kha and Merit

Register to attend the lecture by Dr Eleni Vassilika, on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
From the archive of Dimitris Manikas. Athens and Vienna

From the archive of Dimitris Manikas. Athens and Vienna

The Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 inaugurates on Wednesday 28 March 2018 at 20:00 a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of the architect Dimitris Manikas.
Α music trip through time with the sounds of the ancient hydraulis

Α music trip through time with the sounds of the ancient hydraulis

On Friday 30 March 2018, at 7 p.m., the Acropolis Museum welcomes the summer season with a unique music concert in the Parthenon Gallery.
Linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old

Linguistic analysis finds Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old

The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and surrounding countries, can be dated to about 4,500 years ago.
Delos, the Sacred Island

Delos, the Sacred Island

We are happy to announce the launch of our YouTube channel! Our first video is about Delos, the Sacred Island.
Unfolding a Mountain

Unfolding a Mountain

Unfolding a Mountain has an innovative and thoughtprovoking approach to the neglected topic of the role of caves in the modern and recent historical past in Greece.
Hidden medical text read for the first time in a thousand years

Hidden medical text read for the first time in a thousand years

With X-ray imaging at SLAC’s synchrotron, scientists uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen.
5,000 years of history brought to light in excavations in Thrace

5,000 years of history brought to light in excavations in Thrace

Archaeological remnants of human activity in Thrace from the Neolithic (4th millennium BC) to the post-Byzantine period have been brought to light from archaeological excavations, carried out in the context of construction works for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.
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