Postdoctoral Fellowships at Maynooth University
The Irish Research Council (IRC) has recently opened the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme for 2018.
Coptic tombstone found in Luxor
A very well preserved Coptic tombstone has been discovered during excavations in Luxor.
Capturing memories of museums before and after the occupation
The exhibition displays, among other things, archive images of exhibition spaces in the National Archaeological Museum and the Archaeological Museum of Delphi before the World War II.
Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica now online
A double corpus of the Greek Inscriptions of Libya has just been published online.
A 2,000-year-old mosaic is returned to Italy along with other artefacts
Part of a floor mosaic turned into a coffee table, coming from one of emperor Caligula's private ceremonial ships, is returned to Italy from the United States among other artefacts.
Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History (AMPAH 2018)
AMPAH 2018 invites papers from postgraduate students of Ancient History, including the history and historiography of Classical Greece and Rome.
The Theatre of Ancient Thouria has come to light
The excavation at the “Hellenika” site brought to light the entire perimeter of the ancient theatre’s orchestra whose diameter is 16.30 m.
New tyrannosaur fossil is most complete found in Southwestern US
It was airlifted by helicopter Sunday, Oct 15, from a remote field site, and delivered to the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Ancient Greek theatre acoustics not as legendary as described
Researchers who have examined the famous acoustics of the ancient theatre of Epidaurus say they are not as stunning as it has been claimed.
The Benaki Toy Museum: A world dedicated to childhood
The Toy Museum aims to study, promote and display all the aspects and expressions of the ‟Child and Toy” theme, while simultaneously it narrates, in an inventive way, the everyday life of children from the 17th century down to our times.
“Greece’s paleontological wealth can and must be made good use of”
Last August, the foundations were laid for the first Paleontological Museum and Natural History Park of the Peloponnese at Isioma in Karyes, near Megalopolis.
Climate historians link Cleopatra’s fall to volcanic eruption
A new study suggests that Cleopatra's defeat was actually caused by environmental reasons due to a volcanic eruption.
Exhibition of manuscripts of the Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture presents in the reception hall (foyer) an exhibition of manuscripts from its collection, in the context of the exhibition, titled “Five exhibitions of manuscripts from small collections in Thessaloniki”.
5000 Years of Comments: The Development of Commentary from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Age of Information
This two-day conference seeks to bring together specialists and investigators from various fields who are interested in the history of commentary and its study.
Head of wooden statue depicting Sixth Dynasty queen discovered in Saqqara
A wooden head, probably of the Sixth Dynasty Queen Ankhnespepy II, has been unearthed in the area located to the east of her Pyramid in Saqqara necropolis.
Genome-wide data from a 40,000-year-old man in China reveals complicated genetic history of Asia
This new study on the Tianyuan man marks the earliest ancient DNA from East Asia, and the first ancient genome-wide data from China.
Mitrou, East Lokris, and the Palaces of Boeotia circa 1300 to 1190 B.C.
Dr Salvatore Vitale (University of Pisa) and Prof. Aleydis Van de Moortel (University of Tennessee) will be the speakers of the 1st meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar.
Excavations in China yield large-scale subterranean dwellings
Archaeologists in southwest China have discovered large-scale ruins and various items and artefacts.
Paleogenomic analysis sheds light on Easter Island mysteries
Had inhabitants of Easter Island intermixed with South Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans on the island in 1722?
Viking Age script deciphered
What was previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns in silver have now proven to be geometric Kufic characters.
New finds from the prehistoric settlement of Therasia
Results of this year's excavations on the Therasia island.
“Hiera Odos and Eleusis” in the Acropolis Museum
The Eleusinian Mysteries, the most important religious rites of ancient Greece, will be presented in the temporary exhibition titled “Hiera Odos and Eleusis”.
Scientists describe ‘enigmatic’ species that lived in Utah some 500 million years ago
Scientists named the newly described species Siphusauctum lloydguntheri.
New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought
Recent study suggests the common ancestor of apes was likely small, probably weighing about 12 pounds, which goes against previous suggestions of a chimpanzee-sized, chimpanzee-like ancestor.