The role of cranial modification in identity formation
Matthew C. Velasco examines how the prevalence and evolution of cranial modification practices during the Late Intermediate Period influenced ethnic identity formation in Peru's Colca Valley.
Lecturer in Ancient History
Manchester Metropolitan University seeks to appoint to a permanent post of Lecturer in Ancient History.
Researchers decipher one of the last two remaining unpublished Qumran scrolls
The researchers spent over a year painstakingly reassembling more than 60 tiny sections written in a secret code.
Imperialism and identities at the edges of the Roman World 4
The goal of the conference is to enable an open discussion on a variety of approaches from different theoretical and methodological positions.
New film reveals challenges behind lifting and conserving a Roman mosaic
Leicester archaeologists explain how a Roman mosaic found in Leicester was successfully lifted and conserved.
The Forty-fourth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference
The Byzantine Studies Conference is the annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on every aspect of Byzantine Studies, and is open to all, regardless of nationality or academic status.
The Face of Avgi
The reconstructed face of Avgi, the girl who lived 9,000 years ago in the Theopetra Cave in Thessaly, was presented at the Acropolis Museum.
Researchers find first evidence of sub-Saharan Africa glassmaking
First direct evidence that glass was produced in sub-Saharan Africa centuries before the arrival of Europeans.
Study sheds new light on ancient human-turkey relationship
For the first time, research has uncovered the origins of the earliest domestic turkeys in ancient Mexico.
Both ‘The Hill of Montmartre with Stone Quarry’ and another drawing attributed to Van Gogh
Both drawings will be on display as part of Impressionism & Beyond. A Wonderful Journey, an exhibition at Singer Laren.
Beer in Prehistoric Greece
The first results of the PLANTCULT (ERC) research programme were recently published in a paper by Soultana-Maria Valamoti.
University of Reading Research Seminars
The Department of Classics at the University of Reading has organized the Spring term research seminar series.
Bayeux Tapestry returns to the UK after more than 900 years
The Bayeux Tapestry will return to the UK for the first time since it was created here more than 900 years ago.
Hisban North Church Project (Jordan)
The Hisban North Church Project is pleased to invite applications for summer archaeological fieldwork in Jordan.
Avgi (Dawn), the first certified “presence” of a Mesolithic human in Thessaly
In 1993, after seven years of excavating the cave of Theopetra, an undisturbed burial was located for the first time on the site of its deposition. It is Avgi, a woman who lived in the cave 9,000 years ago.
Solving the puzzle of humanity’s mastery of fire
Professor John Gowlett talks to the Athens and Macedonian News Agency on the occasion of the lecture he gave in Athens.
Discoveries from dawn of the Cycladic Bronze Age on remote Greek Island
Excavations by the University of Cambridge on the island of Keros, an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades southeast of Naxos, has discovered a complex series of monumental structures and technological sophistication previously unknown.
Europe’s lost forests
Using pollen analysis from more than 1,000 sites, scientists showed that more than two thirds of central and northern Europe would once have been covered by trees.
German museum asked to return centaur’s head from Parthenon
An international group advocating the return of Parthenon sculptures asks that the centaur’s head be returned to Greece.
The history of humanity does not require rewriting
Professor Dr. Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke refutes a recent publication regarding the dispersal of humans in Europe.
Ancient DNA results end Egyptian mummy mystery
Using 'next generation' DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous 'Two Brothers' mummies of the Manchester Museum have different fathers so are, in fact, half-brothers.
Human parasites, not rats spread plague
The pandemic that killed tens of millions likely spread due to human parasites, not rats.