Face of Scottish soldier found in mass grave in Durham revealed
The face of one of the Seventeenth Century Scottish soldiers who was imprisoned and died in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 has been digitally reconstructed.
Tzetzes
The colloquium will take place in the scenic Aula Baratto of Ca’ Foscari University, overlooking the Grand Canal, on 7th and 8th September 2018.
A 508-million-year-old sea predator with a ‘jackknife’ head
Oldest close parent of spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs evolved sophisticated head to hunt and eat small shelly animals.
Are bones discovered under an Exeter street from the first turkey dinner in England?
Bones dug up from under an Exeter street may be the remains of the first ever turkey dinner in England, archaeologists believe.
New finds at Agios Sozomenos during the 2017 excavations
The excavations focused on the Nikolides plateau, so as to investigate the fort, while in the second half of the same season, a new excavation was initiated at Ampelia.
Excavations at the Hellenistic-Roman theatre of Nea Paphos
The eighteenth season of archaeological investigations (8th October–5th November 2017) of the ancient Hellenistic-Roman theatre and surrounding areas of Nea Paphos has been completed.
The oldest plesiosaur was a strong swimmer
Plesiosaurs were especially effective swimmer. These long extinct "paddle saurians" propelled themselves through the World's oceans by employing "underwater flight".
Nikos Kazantzakis, the eternal world-roamer: his “ascent”
Exhibition presenting known and unknown aspects of the life, work and travels of Nikos Kazantzakis.
A walk round the glamorous new Yves Saint Laurent museum
The Musée Yves Saint Laurent, at No 5 Avenue Marceau, in the heart of the City of Light, next to the Seine, exhibits the couturier’s body of work on the legendary premises of his former haute couture house.
Human societies evolve along similar paths
Societies ranging from ancient Rome and the Inca empire to modern Britain and China have evolved along similar paths, a huge new study shows.
Oldest fossils ever found show life on Earth began before 3.5 billion years ago
Microscopic fossils discovered in a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock in Western Australia are the oldest fossils ever found and indeed the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth.
Welcome to the 18th century Starbucks
Researchers have published details of the largest collection of artefacts from an early English coffeehouse ever discovered.
Medea’s Love and the Quest for the Golden Fleece
The exhibition will be shown next spring in the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammplung.
Oldest cases of breast cancer and myeloma revealed in scans of mummies
An international team has discovered the world's oldest known cases of breast cancer and multiple myeloma (a type of bone marrow cancer).
Indonesian island found to be unusually rich in cave paintings
A tiny Indonesian island, previously unexplored by archaeologists, has been found to be unusually rich in ancient cave paintings following a study by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).
Ritual human sacrifice in the Mycenaean palace of Kydonia
"What we expected was uncovered from under the stones in the eastern part: the skull of a young girl among animal skulls, but not whole however", said Mrs. Andreadaki-Vlazaki.
Ancient faeces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical texts
Earliest archaeological evidence of intestinal parasitic worms infecting the ancient inhabitants of Greece confirms descriptions found in writings associated with Hippocrates, the early physician and ‘father of Western medicine’.
Archaeologists uncover burial sites, statue in Egypt’s Aswan
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have uncovered four intact burial sites, part of a cemetery and an incomplete statue in different areas in the southern city of Aswan.
Fossil bones of human-sized penguin found on New Zealand beach
Together with a team from New Zealand, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Gerald Mayr described a hitherto unknown fossil giant penguin species.
Hieroglyphic inscriptions illuminate the demise of the Hittites
The political geography of Western Asia Minor at the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 1200 BCE) has finally been established.
Viking imported finds discovered in cemetery works
Expansion works of Byneset Cemetery at Steine Church in Trondheim, Norway has led to the discovery of an imported clasp or brooch dating from the Viking era.
Survey on the cultural profile of Athenians
The survey shows the Acropolis Museum as the most popular destination, since 39% declare to have visited it at least once a year.
Nikolaos Ventouras: A lifetime of innovation
The first retrospective exhibition of Corfiot engraver and artist Nikolaos Ventouras and the only exhibition organised by the artist's estate after his passing, opens today.
The results of this year’s research at the ancient harbour of Lechaion
Between October and November 2017, excavations and digital surveys were made on remains of the two piers of the outer harbour...