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...
Has the world’s most ancient eye been found?
The eye belonged to a long vanished marine organism, a species of trilobite (Schmidtiellus reetae).
Dinosaur parasites trapped in 100-million-year-old amber tell blood-sucking story
Fossilised ticks discovered trapped and preserved in amber show that these parasites sucked the blood of feathered dinosaurs almost 100 million years ago.
Discovery of world’s oldest funerary fish hooks by ANU archaeologists
Archaeologists from the Australian National University has discovered five fish hooks dating from the Pleistocene era, approximately 12,000 years ago on Indonesia’s Alor Island.
Beliefs and Rituals in Antiquity
Proposals are invited for the Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Ancient Languages and Cultures.
Heir to throne of Saudi Arabia purchases “Salvator Mundi”
Crown Prince to the throne of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman is revealed as the purchaser of the work by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, sold for 450 million dollars in mid November, according to the “Wall Street Journal”.
Genetics preserves traces of ancient resistance to Inca rule
DNA analysis of present-day populations in the Chachapoyas region of Peru indicates that the original inhabitants were not uprooted en masse by the Inca Empire's expansion into this area hundreds of years ago.
A pioneer new way to analyze ancient artwork
'Macroscale multimodal chemical imaging' reveals details about second century Egyptian painting.
Religious Art from Russia to Greece
The Benaki Museum, in collaboration with the Institute of Mediterranean Studies, presents for the first time to the Greek and international audience an exhibition with unknown Russian works of religious art and museum collections, temples and monasteries of Greece.
Evolution: It’s all in the ears
Inner ears of ancient, extinct sea monsters mirror those of today's animals.
More than 1,000 Roman era sealings discovered in SE Turkey
Classical scholars from the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" of the University of Münster discovered a large number of sealings in south-east Turkey.
Venezuelan rock art mapped in unprecedented detail
Rock engravings located in Western Venezuela – including some of the largest recorded anywhere in the world – have been mapped in unprecedented detail by UCL researchers.
Τwo tombs excavated in Draa Abul Naga
Antiquities Minister Khaled El-Enany is set to formally announce the discovery of two tombs at Draa Abul Naga in Luxor on Saturday, one bearing a painted wall.
BRAU4 Learners Competition
The international competition, addressed to students and graduates from less than three years, requires contributions about innovative restoration solutions for the place where the competitor resides, with the aim of promoting the values of local architecture.
Medieval treasures from the State Archaeological Museum of Warsaw
Opens on Thursday, December 14, 2017.
Rebetiko on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Rebetiko was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Recently discovered fossil shows transition of a reptile from life on land to life in the sea
Using modern research tools on a 155-million-year-old reptile fossil, scientists report they have filled in some important clues to the evolution of animals that once roamed land and transitioned to life in the water.
South Africa’s oldest, and the world’s most complete Australopithecus skeleton ever found
South Africa’s status as a major cradle in the African nursery of humankind has been reinforced with the unveiling of “Little Foot”, the country’s oldest, virtually complete fossil human ancestor.
New approach measures early human butchering practices
Researchers have found that statistical methods and 3D imaging can be used to accurately measure animal bone cut marks made by prehistoric human butchery, and to help answer pressing questions about human evolution.
Tokens, Value and Identity: Exploring Monetiform Objects in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
The Token Communities in the Ancient Mediterranean research project team at the University of Warwick invites submission of abstracts for the upcoming workshop ‘Tokens, Value and Identity’.
The eBookstore and the publications of the Institute of Historical Research
The publishing work of the Institute includes more than 500 volumes.