Morbidity and mortality of leprosy in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, nearly everyone in Europe was exposed to the disfiguring, painful and ostracizing disease of leprosy. But did contracting the disease necessarily increase a person’s chances of dying?
The Magic of Iznik Ceramics
“The Magic of Iznik Ceramics” focuses on ceramics of the Ottoman period and specifically on those made in the town of Iznik in Asia Minor in the 16th century.
Second church found in the ancient city of Adramyttion in Turkey
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered an ancient church at the site of the ancient city of Adramyttion dating back 1,200 years.
Ancient grave with human sacrifices found in Peru
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two tombs, one with victims of human sacrifice and one with a member of an elite, and a metallurgy workshop, possibly dating back over 1,000 years.
Toys recovered from tombs in ancient Greek city of Parion
2,000-year-old tombs in the ancient Greek city of Parion (Turkey) have revealed children’s toys made of clay.
Bones reveal social differences between the people buried in dolmens and those in caves
While male adults predominated in the dolmens, children and women were more common in the caves.
Prehistoric squid was last meal of newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years ago
Smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record identified and an additional surprise found preserved in its stomach.
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
In a study published in the journal Virus Evolution, researchers suggest that P. boisei most likely contracted HSV2 through scavenging ancestral chimp meat where savannah met forest – the infection seeping in via bites or open sores.
The Parthenon Marbles through the eyes of Rodin
Auguste Rodin’s love for the Parthenon Marbles will be the theme of a big exhibition opening next April at the British Museum.
An Akhenaten of gypsum has been revealed in Tell el Amarna’s Great Aten Temple
The Mission of the University of Cambridge at Tell el Amarna (Minya governorate, Egypt) revealed the head of a statue depicting Pharaoh Akhenaten.
Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans
5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to innovations such as the wagon and dairy production, they brought a new language – Indo-European – that replaced most local languages the following millennia.
Μodern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago
Results from a study of ancient DNA show that the 2000-year-old remains of a boy found at Ballito Bay in KwaZulu-Natal during the 1960s, helped to rewrite human history.
Christian Dior at the Denver Art Museum
The 70-year history of the Christian Dior House of Haute Couture will be revived in a retrospective exhibition to be organized in November 2018 at the Denver Art Museum.
Rock art and infant pot burials of the site at Vathy, Astypalaia
Since 2011 Andreas Vlachopoulos has been directing archaeological fieldwork at the site of Vathy on Astypalaia.
MONEY: Tangible symbols in ancient Greece
Exhibition organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection.
Thouria: The ancient orchestra has been “lit up”
At the highest point of the hill where the ancient city of Thouria lies, inside an olive grove where in 2016 Dr Xeni Arapoyanni discovered the remains of an ancient theatre she had spent years searching for, this year the orchestra was also brought to light.
Finland’s wetlands are an internationally significant archaeological repository
Dissertation focuses particularly on Stone Age wooden fishing structure remains.
Isotopic analyses link the lives of Late Neolithic individuals to burial location in Spain
An isotopic analysis of megalithic graves and caves in Spain may suggest the existence of a degree of differentiation in the lifeways of people buried in these different funerary sites.
Chinese vase sold for a record 4.3 million euros
According to the auction catalogue, the vase dates from the early 20th century, but bears a dubiously authentic stamp of the 18th century Qianlong era.
Opening of the Archaeological Site of Idalion
The Archaeological Site of Idalion consists of the excavated part of the administrative centre (palace) of the ancient city-kingdom, that functioned during the Cypro-archaic and Cypro-classical period (c. 750-310 BC).
ICARO – ΙΚΑΡΟΣ: The Factory of Rhodes 1928-1988
The exhibition presents the history and production of a company closely connected with Rhodes, that has been a key element of the island's economy for many decades.
Chinese painting at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Through a "marriage" of traditional Chinese aesthetics with elements of its western counterpart, modern Chinese painters express feelings, notions, ideas and world views.
Two Fabergé knives have reappeared, one hundred years later
Everyone believed that after the October Revolution the silver knives had been melted in the foundry, like the rest of the Fabergé silver tableware.
Remains of decapitated toads found in jar from 4,000-year-old tomb
Research by the Israel Antiquities Authority in cooperation with academic institutions unearthed a jar containing decapitated toads.