Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen
Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon and Electra will be shown in January and February.
Major Viking Age manor discovered at Birka, Sweden
The survey revealed a major Viking period hall on the site, with a length of around 40 meters.
Fossils find reveal unseen ‘footprint’ maker
Fossils found in Morocco from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites, including rarely seen soft-body parts, may be previously unseen animals that left distinctive fossil ‘footprints’ around the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
Kenchreai Archaeological Field School
The American Excavations at Kenchreai, directed by Professor Joseph L. Rife (Vanderbilt University), with the support of the Center for Hellenic Studies and Sunoikisis, announces the 2017 Archaeological Field School at Kenchreai.
Fellowships in Comparative Cultural Studies in Greece
Applications are open for the two CHS research fellowships to Greek Universities’ junior faculty members in order to join the Harvard Summer Program in Greece.
Moldavian “long house” discovered near Chisinau
More than 20 meters could be the length of the relics of a wooden 7,000-year-old house, discovered by an international team of researchers near the city of Balti, about 100 km from Chisinau.
Egyptian perfume box missing fragments have been found
Pieces of a fragmented perfume box from ancient Egypt kept at a Scottish museum have been discovered and reunited with the rest of the remains.
Special feature prevented Roman chariots from crashing
A 2,000-year-old toy chariot has allowed researchers to discover what kept ancient Roman chariots from crashing.
Our hominid ancestors made and used tools
Neil Norman and Bruce Larson stumbled upon tools likely near where they were dropped by their makers as long as two and a half million years ago.
Discover the Ashmolean with a new podcast
A new podcast series in which Oxford University academics from very different fields discuss objects from the Ashmolean Museum has been launched.
The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed
Anthropologists at UdeM have dated the oldest human settlement in Canada back 10,000 years.
Discovery adds rock collecting to Neanderthal’s repertoire
The finding is important, because it adds to other recent evidence that Neanderthals were capable — on their own — of incorporating symbolic objects into their culture.
P.M. Warren Visiting Professorship in Aegean Prehistory
The Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition (IGRCT) will host a Visiting Professorship in Aegean Prehistory during the academic year 2017/2018.
Portrait of Emperor Hadrian at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum honors the anniversary of the 1900 years since the ascent to the throne of Emperor Hadrian, a friend and benefactor of Athens.
Ancient Egyptian Language and Text symposium
Abstracts are invited for 20 minute papers on either current research on any aspect of ancient Egyptian language and texts or papers which address wider issues in the study of ancient Egyptian language and texts.
Agios Sozomenos: Excavation results
This excavation season included continued excavation and geophysical surveys at the locality Tzirpoulos and at the fortress of Barsak.
How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
Sixty six million years ago dinosaurs, until then the masters of Earth, made space for the rise of the mammals, and eventually humankind. Scientists are still searching for the ultimate cause of their demise.
Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection
The Association for Research into Crimes against Art warmly invites applications to its 9th annual postgraduate certificate program in the study of art crime and cultural heritage protection.
Mysterious ancient cone-shaped sea creatures
A team of scientists has finally determined what a bizarre group of extinct cone-shaped animals actually are.
Excavations at the “Kephala” site of Skiathos have been completed
The five year excavation programme at the site “Kephala” on the island of Skiathos has been recently completed.
The Black Sea in the Light of New Archaeological Data and Theoretical Approaches
The publication contains 19 papers on the archaeology and ancient history of the Black Sea region.
Tracing human migration events after “out of Africa” origins
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed that augments a trio of influential papers published in 2016 in the journal Nature.
Mapping Aegina Kolonna
The next Mycenaean Seminar welcomes Professor Dr Katja Sporn, Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.
