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.
250 works of art from the Gurlitt collection to be exhibited in a German museum
The works that most probably belonged to Jews and were confiscated by the Nazi armies are being exhibited in the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in Antiquity
Conference organized at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) by the Synoikismos Seminar and the Centre d'Étude des Mondes Antiques.
Miniature seal stone from the Griffin Warrior grave astonishes archaeologists
Archaeologists present a miniature seal stone with a combat representation of remarkable detail from the Griffin Warrior grave in Pylos, Greece.
Historical site in Turkey is left to crumble away
A historical site in Turkey, the 17th century Greek city Argyropolis, at the Gumushane Black Sea province has been left to crumble the last 50 years.
Reactions are caused by the “discovery” of a large void inside the Cheops pyramid
The Egyptian archaeologist who oversees the studies states that, like others, the existence of this void in the Great Pyramid was known.
Important finds from the underwater survey on the south coast of Naxos
The programme’s basic aim is to record and map the anchoring sites from Ancient and Byzantine times.
Red ochre use and Homo sapiens speciation: A southern African perspective
Palaeolithic Seminar by Ian Watts.
Researchers look for dawn of human information sharing
Anthropologists challenge a widely accepted notion that cultural transmission goes back more than 2 million years.