Hidden Cultural Heritage
The International Congress on the theme of the Hidden Cultural Heritage (HCH) wants to draw attention on the protection strategies and management of the underwater cultural heritage in the Mediterranean sea.
Hadrian and Antinous: a meeting after 19 centuries
An exhibition of the inscribed base of a monument in honour of the emperor Hadrian and an outstanding portrait of Antinous, his attendant and favourite.
New treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb
As part of a German-Egyptian project, archaeologists from Tübingen for the first time examine embossed gold applications from the sensational find of 1922. The motifs indicate surprising links between the Levant and the Egypt of the pharaohs.
Cultural Heritage Infrastructures in Digital Humanities
In this book, authors from a wide range of countries, representing some of the best research projects in digital humanities related to cultural heritage, discuss their latest findings.
Byzantium and the Modern Imagination
Byzantium and the Modern Imagination. Patterns of the Reception of Byzantium in Modern Culture will take place in Brno, on 12-14 September 2018.
Saviour of the World sells for record $450m
At the packed Christie’s auction room, Leonardo da Vinci’s work “Salvator Mundi” was sold for a record price of $450m, yesterday, November 15, 2017.
Article on the behaviour of German archaeologists during the Occupation in Greece
The article entitled “Massacres and some beautiful souvenirs” was published in the cultural inset of the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Ancient life form discovered in remote Tasmanian valley
A team of Tasmanian researchers has uncovered rare, living stromatolites deep within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Medieval treasure unearthed at the Abbey of Cluny
A large medieval treasure has been unearthed during excavations last September at the Abbey of Cluny, a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France.
Coffin and mummy found in Deir al-Banat
The Egyptian-Russian archaeological mission working in the Archaeological Site of Deir al-Banat (Monastery of Al-Banat) in Fayoum Governorate uncovered a wooden coffin with a mummy inside that are dated back to the Greaco-Roman era.
Medieval Jewish cemetery rediscovered in Bologna
The Medieval Jewish cemetery of Bologna, destroyed in 1569, has been discovered, authorities announced last week.
World’s longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light
In 2009, the world's largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains.
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking
Excavations in the Republic of Georgia by the Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition (GRAPE), a joint undertaking between the University of Toronto (U of T) and the Georgian National Museum, have uncovered evidence of the earliest winemaking anywhere in the world.
Dover Western Docks Revival makes Mammoth Discovery
Mammoth discovery made after unearthing a fossilised mammoth tooth during the excavation of the Wellington Dock Navigation Channel.
A Tale of Social Bioarchaeology: Human Bones, Burial Practices and Social Dynamics in Mycenaean Achaia
This lecture presents a holistic bioarchaeological approach to the social dimensions of Mycenaean mortuary practice, with special reference to the treatment of the dead body.
Cannonball found in underwater excavations was from the San Francisco shipwreck
Underwater archaeologists have found a cannonball thought to have belonged to a Ship that sank in 1609.
The Fontana di Trevi coins will now be paid to the Municipality
The Municipality of Rome decided to create a Fund that from April 1, will collect the money from all fountains of the Eternal City, including its most famous one.
Grasshopper found in a work of 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh
The discovery was made, 128 years after the painting was created, by the fine art’s conservator Mary Schafer, according to the museum’s announcement.
Why did the Earth’s ancient oceans disappear?
Geoscientists at the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo have found a novel way of mappingh the Earth's ancient oceans.
Auction of representative works of Modern Greek painting
Representative works by a broad spectrum of 19th and 20th century artists are included in the big auction taking place in Athens on December 1.
First infertility diagnosis found on ancient Assyrian tablet
An Assyrian clay tablet found in Turkey bears the first infertility diagnosis in a prenuptial agreement text.
Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri found to contain copper
Analyses of 2,000-year-old papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy show that black ink used by Egyptian scribes contained copper - an element previously not identified in ancient ink.
Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago
At Northern Illinois University, Dan Gebo opens a cabinet and pulls out a drawer full of thin plastic cases filled with clear gelatin capsules...
Inaugurating the Louvre Museum at Abu Dhabi
There will be 600 works in the permanent collection of the Emirates Museum, of which more than 200 will already be exhibited on the opening day.