Obsidian tools used for tattooing in prehistoric Oceania
A new study says 3,000-year-old volcanic glass tools from the South Pacific were used for tattooing and will hopefully provide an insight into ancient tattooing practices.
Another 23 shipwrecks located at Fourni
The 2016 Fourni Underwater Survey: Traces of 23 shipwrecks have been located and registered, dating from the end of the Archaic period until the 19th century.
Testing ideas about the evolution of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs
How was the sauropod skeleton able to bear the tremendous loads of neck and tail without causing injury or compromising mobility?
Monkeys in Brazil have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years, and the new research paper asks whether human behaviour was influenced through watching the monkeys.
Cannabis in Eurasia
During a short time period at the end of the last Ice Age, between about 11,500 and 10,200 years ago, Stone Age humans in Europe and Asia independently began using cannabis.
The Philistine cemetery in Israel
The ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could lead us see Goliath’s people in a completely new light.
Public sculpture that illustrates a colonial regime
Reflexions on the relationship between art and its political context, the history of a piece of sculpture in a public space.
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project at Akrotiri
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project with three major phases at the famous Akrotiri settlement in Santorini (Thera), Greece, in cooperation with the Archaeological Society at Athens (ASA).
“Refugees Heirlooms” at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes
The exhibition at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes, in partnership with the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, offers a chance to discover the exceptional objects from the Refugee Treasures exhibition presented in 2009 in Athens.
Rare discovery of Late Roman official buried in Leicester
The remains of a man wearing a type of belt typical for a Late Roman soldier were found at the Roman cemetery in Leicester.
Cannibalism among late Neandertals in northern Europe
Tübingen researchers in international team uncover grisly evidence that Neandertals butchered their own kind some 40,000 years ago.
New mosaics discovered in synagogue excavations in Galilee
Excavations in the Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee have discovered ornate mosaics.
Scientists ‘look inside’ an ancient Greek amphora
Russian scientists have identified the components of the oldest bitumen sample to be found in an ancient vase and made an accurate estimate of its age.
Ancient Brazilians occupied the same homes for centuries
Ancient inhabitants of the southern Brazilian highlands were no strangers to the types of home improvements we enjoy today, academics from the University of Exeter have found.
No direct link between climate change and early human innovation
Cultural, technological changes not in sync with climate shifts at 2 Middle Stone Age sites.
Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich.
Mammals diversified after dinosaur extinction
Humans’ early mammal relatives likely diversified 66 million years ago, after the extinction of dinosaurs opened up space for animals such as big cats, horses, elephants and eventually apes to evolve.
Ancient burial rituals revived through 12,000 year old funeral feast reconstruction
One of the earliest funeral banquets ever to be discovered reveals a preplanned, carefully constructed event that reflects social changes at the beginning of the transition to agriculture in the Natufian period.
Remains of olive presses in ancient Thouria of Messenia
Olive presses are the first reliable evidence of olive cultivation and olive processing in Messenia during antiquity.
Latin and New Testament Greek Summer Schools
Τhere are still a few places left at the Summer Schools in beginners'/post-beginners' New Τestament Greek (beginning 18 July) and Latin (beginning 1 August) at St Albans Cathedral.
Long and short term international experts Managing Diversity Division
Call for expressions of interest for long and short term international experts Managing Diversity Division.
Burials in Wales could be of St David’s contemporaries
The skeletons uncovered at a Pembrokeshire burial site, in Wales, UK, probably date to the time St David was a bishop.
The twin Kouroi to be presented to the public
On July 13, the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth will open its gates to present the twin Kouroi from ancient Tenea.
Writing at Ugarit
The CREWS Project at Cambridge is happy announce a four-year Research Associate position, beginning in October 2016.