Researchers investigate ancient species in Gulf of Alaska
Invasive species have shaped island ecosystems and landscapes in the Gulf of Alaska, but their histories are unknown.
The Norwegian Institute at Athens Travel Stipend 2017
This grant is intended to support researchers who have a clear purpose and need for stay in Greece or outside of the country of their residence over a period of time.
Announcing a New Opportunity for Funding!
For the first time the Robin Hägg Fund is offeringa grant through the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete to support postdoctoral research in Greece focusing on Aegean Prehistory.
Study sheds light on the function of the penis bone in male competition
A new UCL study examines how the baculum (penis bone) evolved in mammals and explores its possible function in primates and carnivores.
Europe’s earliest humans did not use fire
Studying dental plaque from a 1.2 million year old hominin archaeologists extracted microfossils to find the earliest direct evidence of food eaten by early humans.
Crimean treasures to go to the Ukrainian State
A Dutch court ruled on December 14, 2016 that the Crimean artefacts loaned to the Allard Pierson Museum should return to Ukraine.
Unknown ‘sensual’ drawing by Leonardo da Vinci discovered in France
Tajan, the well-known French auction house announced the extraordinary discovery, the first in over fifteen years, of an exceptional work by the Italian Master Leonardo da Vinci.
The Antiquities Trade in Egypt 1880-1930
The book presents the first in-depth analysis of the market of Egyptian objects on display in Western museums during its “golden age” in Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Conference on Platonism and Epicureanism in the Hellenistic and Imperial Age
Conference organized by Michael Erler, Jan Erik Heßler, Federico M. Petrucci in Würzburg.
Karum – Emporion – Forum (book series)
New series on economic, legal and social history of the eastern Mediterranean and Ancient Near East.
About the media coverage of Vlochos
The Vlochos Archaeological Project team has published an statement in their website, in order to clarify some points concerning the media coverage of the results of the Vlochos fieldwork earlier this week.
Seal of sultan Abdul Hamid II conserved
Over the past year, the clock tower has undergone conservation measures and engineering reinforcement.
The species of Lucy was polygynous
New footprints of early bipedal hominins discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania, indicate marked body size variation among our 3.65 million-years-old ancestors and suggest a new insight into their social behaviour.
Twenty-five tombs found in Guangzhou, China
Archaeologists conducting excavations in Guangzhou found twenty-five tombs spanning from Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets
This conference focuses on the development of alphabetic writing systems in the later second and earlier first millennia BC.
New evidence of the existence of an unknown Roman camp in Armenia
Polish archaeologists found pottery sherds, which might attest to the exitence of a Roman military camp near the capital of Armenia.
Forensic technique reveals sex of prehistoric hand stencil artists
Prehistoric ancestors creating human hand stencils in caves 40,000 years ago can now be identified as male or female with more than 90% accuracy.
Researchers name two new horned dinosaur tribes
New research names two new tribes of horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians) based on characteristics related to frill (or head shield) ornamentation.
Swedish Archaeologists discover unknown ancient city in Greece
An international research team at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, is exploring the remains of an ancient city in central Greece.
Jersey was a must-see tourist destination for Neanderthals for over 100,000 years
New research led by the University of Southampton shows Neanderthals kept coming back to a coastal cave site in Jersey from at least 180,000 years ago until around 40,000 years ago.
Prehistoric Thera
Τhis book includes photographs of monuments and exhibits from the archaeological site of Akrotiri of Thera and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera.
YEAR Centre sheds new light on creation of ancient artefacts
Experimental archaeology at the Archaeology Department's "outdoor lab" of the University of York aims to answer questions about the past.
Current Research in Egyptology 2017
CRE 2017 will be held at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” – Palazzo du Mesnil in May 2017.
Recent discoveries in the temple of Amenhotep III
The members of The Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project have recently discovered in the temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor West Bank, a series of statues.