New study tries to tell if prehistoric lines carved on cave walls are symbols
Lines scratched on rocks or eggs by humans about 100,000 are being investigated by scientists to define whether they are symbols or simply decorations.
What the oldest peace treaty in the world teaches us
According to archaeologists, the world’s oldest peace treaty disproves the widespread notion that in antiquity, peace was not brought about by negotiations, but always by humiliating those who had lost.
Human-like walking mechanics evolved before the genus Homo
Ancient footprints help researchers date the switch from a crouched to more straight-legged gait.
Cyprus: Return of 6th century AD mosaic
The Archdiocese of Cyprus announced that it is “a Byzantine work of the highest significance and one of the very few cases that escaped Iconoclasm”.
Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans
Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size – by way of extinction – at least 90,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Analysing the famous ‘mosaico de los amores’
An interdisciplinary research team of Ghent University is currently analysing the famous mosaic ‘mosaico de los amores’ in Spain.
State professor lends anatomy expertise to solve ancient mystery
Scientists have long wondered why the physical traits of Neanderthals, the ancestors of modern humans, differ greatly from today’s man.
The sacred forests of Zagori and Konitsa
Excommunications, curses and ... fear that the wrath of God would fall on them (!) kept the people of Zagori and Konitsa away from the “sacred sites”.
Earliest animal cranial surgery: from cow to man in the Neolithic
Archaeologists in Champ-Durand, France, have found a cow skull with a round hole the size of a biscuit cut into it.
Chinese precious artefacts stolen from Bath Museum of Asian Art
Chinese artefacts from the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath have been stolen. Now police are trying to find witnesses that will help them trace the robbers.
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens coexisted for less than 1000 years in the Cantabrian Region
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens could not have coexisted for more than a millennium in the Cantabrian Region, which reduces significantly the possibilities for interaction between the two groups.
Repatriation of a kylix from Germany
According to information, the vase was found during excavations for the construction of a shelter by the Wehrmacht during the Occupation, most probably in the Anchialos district of Thessaloniki.
Regional Approaches to Early Greek Society, 1100–550 BCE
Reminder for the Call for Papers for Regional Approaches to Early Greek Society, 1100–550 BCE (deadline is April 30th).
3D representation of Ancient Corinth and other monuments
Google Arts & Culture and the non-profit organization CyArk are collaborating to create the biggest 3D online archive of the world’s endangered cultural monuments.
British School at Rome – Assistant Directorships
The British School at Rome (BSR) is seeking to appoint an Assistant Director for the Humanities and Social Sciences and an Assistant Director for Archaeology and Archaeological Science.
Treasure found of famous 10th century Danish king
The treasure consists of hundreds of coins, pearls, a Thor‘s hammer, broken rings and brooches as announced by the German Press Agency (DPA).
Work in Progress: Annual Archaeobotany in Egypt Meeting
The second annual meeting of archaeobotanists working in Egypt.
Studying oxygen, scientists discover clues to recovery from mass extinction
A research team, led by scientists from Arizona State University and funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation, is helping to understand why this extinction event happened and why it took life so long to recover.
Madrid has one of the greatest concentrations of sites with remains of elephants and mammoths in Europe
The importance of the valleys of the rivers Manzanares and Jarama in studying the relationship between human groups prior to our own species and proboscideans.
Serapis and Isis in ancient Messene
The Society of Messenian Archaeological Studies hosts a photographic exhibition on the sanctuary of Isis and Serapis, which has opened earlier this week.
“The Youth of Mantineia” at the National Archaeological Museum Athens
The statue of a youth is exceptional, combining the heroic nudity of the adolescent with the features of Antinous, favourite of the emperor.
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika: Painting for Books
Τhe exhibition, combining painting and literature, offers to the public a great chance to admire older publications and to discover Ghika’s art of illustration.
New digital research tool for Classical scholars
The Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (DCLP), a new digital tool for researching ancient literature, is now available.