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.
Neolithic farmers coexisted with hunter-gatherers for centuries in Europe
New research shows that early farmers who migrated to Europe from the Near East spread quickly across the continent, where they lived side-by-side with existing local hunter-gatherers while slowly mixing with those groups over time.
Science meets archaeology with discovery that dental X-rays reveal Vitamin D deficiency
Human teeth hold vital information about Vitamin D deficiency, a serious but often hidden condition that can now be identified by a simple dental X-ray.
Man’s earliest ancestors discovered in southern England
Fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind have been discovered on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
PhD Candidate for ‘Mobility and Geography in the Byzantine World’
Applications are welcomed for the PhD position 'Mobility and Geography in the Byzantine World' that will start in the Spring of 2018 at the Faculty of Arts of the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation
A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial – one of only a handful known to have survived – has been recovered during the excavation of a roofed theatre in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy.
Byzantine shipwreck found off Sicilian coast
A shipwreck has been found off the Sicilian coastline buried by two metres of sand. The wreck is of a Byzantine ship and was discovered off Ragusa at a depth of three metres.
Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors
A wide-ranging new study of fossils spanning over four million years suggests that stature and body mass advanced at different speeds during the evolution of hominins – the ancestral lineage of which Homo sapiens alone still exist.
“Van Gogh Alive” – High technology at the service of art
It is “a unique presentation of all the works of Vincent Van Gogh in one go, something that is unprecedented” say its organizers.
Political economy, state formation and urbanism in the land of Ancient Paphos
Professor Maria Iacovou (University of Cyprus) presents: "Political economy, state formation and urbanism in the land of Ancient Paphos".
Gymnasium found in Philoteris
A German-Egyptian archaeological mission from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), headed by Prof. Dr. Cornelia Römer, discovered the first Hellenistic gymnasium ever found in Egypt on the site of Watfa, 5 km east of Qasr Qaroun in the north-western Fayum.