How aerial thermal imagery is revolutionizing archaeology
A Dartmouth-led study has demonstrated how the latest aerial thermal imagery is transforming archaeology due to advancements in technology.
The largest Street Art museum in the world is in Berlin
A five storey building in the Schöneberg district will be home to 100 works of the most well known street artists on the planet.
Kos: 50 million euros required for the restoration of the archaeological monuments
Damages caused by the earthquake last July on the island of Kos amount to a total of 95 million euros, as estimated by the services of the Kos Municipality.
Getty Foundation Awards Grant for The Cyprus Institute
The Getty Foundation, as part of its Connecting Art Histories initiative, has awarded a major grant to The Cyprus Institute (CyI), in support of a new research project: “Mediterranean Palimpsests: Connecting the Art and Architectural Histories of Medieval and Early Modern Cities.”
The Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia has been found
During the work conducted in the summer of 2017, trenches were opened in the area surrounded by the porticos, in which the core of the sanctuary was located, proving that it really is the sanctuary of Artemis.
Roman tablets unearthed at Vindolanda
A new hoard of around 25 Roman ink documents, known as the Vindolanda writing tablets (letters, lists and personal correspondence), were discovered lying in the damp and anaerobic earth.
Unearthing an ancient house in Ayrshire
Archaeologists from GUARD Archaeology Ltd, working for Scottish Water, have uncovered the remains of one of the earliest houses in East Ayrshire near Kilmarnock dating to around the early Neolithic period (3,500-4000 BC).
CSIC reconstructs how Neanderthals grew, based on an El Sidrón child
How did Neanderthals grow? Does modern man develop in the same way as Homo neanderthalensis did? How does the size of the brain affect the development of the body?
Ancient textiles reveal differences in Mediterranean fabrics in the 1st millennium BC
Detailed analysis of several hundred textile fragments has provided, for the first time, a much more detailed definition of the textile cultures in Italy and Greece during the first half of the first millennium BC.
Unique finds have come to light at Petras in Siteia
For the 12th year in a row, the excavation of the un plundered prepalatial and protopalatial Minoan cemetery has continued with spectacular results, under the direction of Dr Metaxia Tsipopoulou.
My 2000-Year-Old Double
The exhibition "My 2000-Year-Old Double" will be shown at the Musée de la Civilisation in Québec.
Othello’s Island
Othello's Island - The 6th International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Othello's Island 2018) will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, in March 2018.
Assistant Professor of Art History, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology
The Art History Department of Emory University seeks a dynamic and innovative scholar/teacher with wide-ranging interests in Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology.
How Teotihuacan’s urban design was lost and found
Name one civilization located in the Americas that pre-dates the arrival of Europeans. You probably replied with the Aztecs, the Inca or perhaps the Maya. A new paper, published in De Gruyter’s open access journal Open Archeology, by Michael E. Smith of Arizona State University shows how this view of American civilizations is narrow.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus is to be restored
One of the most significant and ancient sanctuaries in Athens is on its way to being structurally reinforced and conserved.
Solving the Easter Island population puzzle
Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui by its inhabitants, has been surrounded in mystery ever since the Europeans first landed in 1722.
Ancient tree reveals cause of spike in Arctic temperature
A kauri tree preserved in a New Zealand has revealed a new mechanism that may explain how temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere spiked several degrees centigrade in just a few decades during the last global ice age.
Zominthos: the Minoan mountain palace
New impressive entrances were discovered in the Minoan palace of Zominthos on Psiloritis Mountain during this year’s six week excavation by Dr Efi Sapouna-Sakellarakis.
Secrets of ancient Irish burial practices revealed
New insights into the lifeways -- and death rites -- of the ancient people of Ireland are being provided through recent funerary studies.
Dawn of agriculture linked with poor start to life in ancient Atacama, Chile
Learning to cultivate crops and other agricultural food – rather than relying on hunter-gathering – is often thought of as a key milestone in the history of humanity.
Ancient amphibian had mouthful of teeth ready to grab you
The presence of such an extensive field of teeth provides clues to how the intriguing feeding mechanism seen in modern amphibians was also likely used by their ancient ancestors.
Monet’s secret collection is displayed at the Marmottan Museum
'I am an egotist. My collection is only for myself ... and a few friends' stated Claude Monet (1840-1926), around 1900, to journalists who visited him at his home in Giverny.