Funerary rituals involving the reduction of fresh corpses discovered in Brazil
Findings from Lapa do Santo show oldest evidence in the continent of humans performing elaborated funerary rituals based on the manipulation and reduction of fresh corpses and the reorganization of body parts.
All that glittered was not gold in Roman Britain
An in-focus display of artefacts found by archaeologists as part of major project to upgrade the A1 to a motorway in North Yorkshire opened at the iconic Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle on Saturday 26 November 2016.
The Greeks and the British in the Levant, 1800-1960s
This book explores the concept of ‘the Levant’ as a component of the regional and international system during the age of imperialism.
Excavation results at the site of Politiko-Troullia
The 2016 archaeological investigations featured expanded analysis of archaeological evidence excavated and surveyed between 2004 and 2016 at the Bronze Age community of Politiko-Troullia.
Mummified legs might belong to Queen Nefertari
Multidisciplinary study of the mummified legs found in 1904 in the debris of Queen Nefertari's tomb shows they might belong to the famous queen.
Ancient rocks hold evidence for life before oxygen
Somewhere between Earth’s creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen.
High-altitude archaeology uncovers earliest evidence of potato consumption
Every French fry, gnocchi, tater tot and order of hash browns humans have eaten in the past 5,000 years can be traced back to one place in the world — northwestern Bolivia and southern Peru.
American scientists discover the first Antarctic ground beetle
Fossilised forewings from two individuals, discovered on the Beardmore Glacier, revealed the first ground beetle known from the southernmost continent.
Scans locate historic secret room
Concealed inside a key building in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, researchers have used the latest scanning technology to reveal in 3D a hiding-hole used by 17th-Century Catholic priests escaping religious persecution.
More Advanced Than Previously Assumed
Neanderthals modified their survival strategies even without external influences, such as environmental or climate changes.
The destruction of cultural heritage by ISIS as a threat to security
ISIS systematically destroys monuments in Syria and Iraq, continuing the practice of the Taliban who, in 2001, blew up the Buddha statues in the Bamiyan valley, Afghanistan.
Postgraduate training course in Linear B and Mycenaean Greek
Intensive two-week course, which introduces students to the Linear B script used in the Late Bronze Age Aegean.
UK Punic Network Graduate Workshop VIII
The UK Punic Network Graduate Workshop creates an opportunity for graduate students working on Phoenician and Punic topics at Masters and Doctoral level to meet and discuss their work.
Political Refugees in the Ancient Greek World
This conference aims at exploring the subject of political refugees in the Greek world from its origins up the Roman conquest of Greece.
By the hand of Domenikos
The "Ecstasy of St Francis", the only work by El Greco in Poland, bears the painter’s signature, a fact that proves its authenticity.
A second monument at Amphipolis?
A second monument, much smaller than the one already discovered on the Kasta Hill in Amphipolis, is believed to exist on the west side of the hill.
Rice farming in India older than previously thought
Latest research on archaeological sites of the ancient Indus Civilisation has revealed that domesticated rice farming in South Asia began far earlier than previously believed, and may have developed in tandem with rice domestication in China.
Rewriting Stonehenge landscape
Archaeologists working near the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have discovered important new sites that rewrite the Stonehenge landscape.
Ants and epiphytes: A longstanding relationship
For millions of years, an ant species on the Fiji islands has nurtured epiphytes, which provide them with nesting sites.
Church and altar of a Viking king found in Norway
Archaeologists in Norway have found the church where the Viking king Olaf Haraldsson was first enshrined as a saint.
Coptic Studies Seminar
Between Tuesday December 6 and Thursday December 8 the Norwegian Institute at Athens will host the first Greek-Norwegian collaboration in the field of Coptic Studies.
3,800-year-old “thinker” attached to a pot unearthed in Yehud
A seven-inch-tall clay statuette of a thinker attached to a jug was discovered among other grave offerings of a rich funerary assemblage in the town of Yehud.
Ancient Cypriot clay ring-vase repatriated to Cyprus from the UK
An ancient Cypriot clay ring-vase (kernos - ceremonial vessel), dated to the Protogeometric period (1050-900 BC), has been repatriated to Cyprus from the United Kingdom.
Predynastic cemetery and settlement discovered near Abydos
A team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered a predynastic cemetery and a settlement dated to 4th millennium BC (3316 BC) located 400 meters to the south of Seti I temple in Abydos.