Geronissos island: excavation season completed
The team continued its excavation on Geronissos Island, explored its surrounding waters and moreover conducted an underwater survey of Manikis Harbour.
Dredging works at Portsmouth Harbour reveal various items
Dredging works in Portsmouth Harbour, UK, have revealed thousands of items, from a human skull to sea mines, a cannon, an engine, and anchors.
A journey round the Archaeological Museum of Karditsa
A museum that narrates many beautiful stories in an original and unique way.
Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years
Tens of thousands of years of controlled burns, forest management and clear-cutting have implications for modern conservation efforts and shatter the image of the 'untouched' tropical forest.
An exhibition of art and fashion by Salvador Dali
The exhibition presents a selection of Dali’s works that focus on fashion as well as six designers’ creations inspired by the emblematic surrealist.
Polish divers search lakes near Machu Picchu for traces of Inca ritual activity
Polish scientists searched for traces of the Inca ritual activity in three lakes in the Machu Picchu region of Peru—at an altitude of over 4100 m above sea level.
Aesthetics and… women’s curves in antiquity
Next spring the National Archaeological Museum of Athens will present countless aspects of beauty in ancient art.
A “Little Pompeii” is uncovered in France, south of Lyon
French archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved Roman neighbourhood about 30 km south of Lyon, calling it "Little Pompeii".
Ancient DNA analysis reveals Minoan and Mycenaean origins
In broad strokes, the new study shows that there was genetic continuity in the Aegean from the time of the first farmers to present-day Greece, but not in isolation.
The Parthenon of Books
The installation 'The Parthenon of Books' will be presented in Kassel as a replica of the temple on the Acropolis in Athens, which symbolizes the aesthetic and political ideals of the world’s first democracy.
‘Invasive’ species have been around much longer than believed
Pollen record of plant, that is currently being eradicated, extends much further back than the 100 years it is believed to be growing in the Lesotho Highlands.
Reconstructing the ancestor of all flowers
A new plausible scenario for the early diversification of flowers, leading to new testable hypotheses for future research on angiosperms.
Roman hacksilver found by teenage detectorist to go on display
A hoard of Roman silver which was found by a teenage metal detectorist 3 years ago will be exhibitied at the National Museum of Scotland in October.
Evolutionary processes shaping diversity across the Homo lineage
Paper examining the evolutionary processes responsible for producing extensive morphological diversity within our genus.
No alien in the ‘grave of an alien’
Archaeologists excavating at the ancient necropolis of Kyz-Aul of east Crimea have unearthed a child burial with an intentional cranial deformation.
The Archaeological Museum of Kos is once more open to the public
Due to the strong earthquake that hit Kos on July 21st, the museum’s operation had been temporally interrupted for an inspection of the building and exhibits.
City of David: Evidence of Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem
Nestled within the rockslide many findings have surfaced: charred wood, grape seeds, pottery, fish scales and bones, and unique, rare artifacts.
A city lying underground might be the new Ephesus
Archaeologists working at the ancient port of Parion, Turkey, have traced hundreds of large buildings still buried.
Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas
The exhibition traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the ancient Americas from approximately 1000 BC to the arrival of Europeans in the early 16th century.
Present-day Lebanese descend from Biblical Canaanites
Scientists sequenced the genomes of 4,000-year-old Canaanite individuals and compared these to other ancient and present-day populations.
Ancient Devon community had a taste for exotic food and drink
Devon farmers who made their home in the same remote location for 1,200 years had a taste for exotic imported food and drink, archaeologists have found.
One of the first examples of a local nautical map from Hispanic America
A hand-drawn nautical chart from February 1580 was compared with current satellite photographs and the images are practically the same.
Bronze Age Iberia received fewer steppe invaders than the rest of Europe
The genomes of individuals who lived on the Iberian Peninsula in the Bronze Age had minor genetic input from Steppe invaders, suggesting that these migrations played a smaller role in the genetic makeup and culture of Iberian people, compared to other parts of Europe.
Algorithms identify the dynamics of prehistoric social networks in the Balkans
Researchers have combined chemical data from artefacts and modularity approach to identify networks of co-operation during the early development of European metalmaking.