Connecting Constantinople
This workshop seeks to explore the profound impact of symbolic objects on the relationships between Constantinople and its counterparts.
Magic and Religion: Ancient Legacies, Renaissance Perspectives
The Doctoral Association of the Centre for Higher Renaissance Studies (CESR) will hold a graduate conference in Tours on May 22, 2025.
Responsive Governance and Population Well-Being
The conference hopes to shed light on the issue of popular well-being, but also on the functioning of the later Roman empire in general.
Student Conference on Byzantine Studies ‘Παρρησία’
The Organizing Committee warmly invites students and young scholars to submit their proposals and join for this engaging academic event.
Excavations of Sebastopolis
The ancient city of Sebastopolis, in Tokat, where gladiators once fought, is set to be fully uncovered through ongoing excavation efforts.
Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time
A historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum.
Missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found
Researchers found out that a newly recognized Caucasus-Lower Volga population can be connected to all Indo-European-speaking populations.
Ramesside Settlement Identified at Plinthine, Egypt
A Ramesside settlement has been identified in the lower levels of an otherwise Grecoroman site next to Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria.
New details about lunar history
University of Chicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions and reveal new details about lunar history.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ancient Near Eastern Studies
The Faculty of Humanities and NINO at Leiden University invite applications for a fulltime postdoctoral researcher in ANE.
Hand axes that may go back 1,5 million years ago in Iraqi desert
Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface material.
College Lectureship in Roman History
St. John’s College, Oxford invite applications for a 1.0 FTE fixed-term College Lectureship in Roman History.
Unique system gave way to the “Neolithic Revolution”
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system to produce maize throughout the year.
Ancient Water Management (16th CCC)
This panel, which will take place in Coimbra this coming July, will gather researchers working on water in the ancient city.
Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change
Heidelberg geoscientists find the oldest evidence of human-caused contamination with the heavy metal lead in the Aegean region.
Islamic ‘altar tent’ discovery
A 13th-c. fresco rediscovered in Ferrara provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars.
Reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia
The exhibition shows glamourous garments from medieval Nubia. The reconstructions are based on wall paintings from the cathedral of Faras.
Forgery and fiscal fraud in Roman times
The new papyrus unveiled from the collections held by the IAA furnishes a strikingly direct view of Roman jurisdiction and legal practice.
A story of successful cultural integration from the Avar period
Genes and culture do not have to match, as confirmed by the latest research project in two cemeteries from the 8th century Avar period.
Natural climate archives: speleothem and ice cores
Researchers precisely date devastating volcanic eruption. It did not cause the sudden-onset cold period 13,000 years ago.
Juvenile Pterosaur Fossil with a Bite Mark Discovered
New research reveals a bite mark found in a fossil neck vertebra of a juvenile pterosaur from the Cretaceous of Alberta.
Spaces and Landscapes of Production in the Aegean World
This workshop seeks to explore the spatial dimensions of ancient production across all forms – e.g. crafts, food, architecture, and more.
Veterans and personnel uncover Iron Age treasures at RAF airfield
Parts of a Celtic chariot, thought to be around 2,000 years old, were discovered underneath the airfield at RAF Valley in Anglesey.
Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Archaeologists have found evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.