A Byzantine livestock stable was exposed in the Avdat National Park
In a joint archaeological excavation conducted in Israel, a 1m thick layer was found that leaves no room for doubt that donkeys, sheep and goats were there in antiquity.
Neolithic And Early Bronze Age Research Student Symposium
Abstract submission for the 3rd NEBARSS closes on September 15, 2016.
The Image of Christ in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The exhibition “Archaeology of Salvation” will examine the image of Christ that informed the faith of Erasmus and his society and explore its transformations.
Shedding light on the Justinian plague
First complete reconstruction of the early medieval pathogen genome Yersinia pestis from Bavarian skeletons.
Archeologists restore flooring from Second Temple courtyard in Jerusalem
Archeologists from the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project are confident that they have successfully restored a series of regally decorated floor tiles of the Second Temple.
The artefacts that came back from the sea
Items thousands of years old that were retrieved from the sea off Hadera were turned over to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Workshop in Professor Peltenburg’s memory
The Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus will be hosting a workshop titled “Four Decades of Hiatus in Archaeological Research in Cyprus: Towards Restoring the Balance” in Peltenburg’s memory.
5,000 year old Prehistoric art panel uncovered
The “most important Neolithic cup and ring marked rock art panel in Europe” is being unearthed for the first time in 50 years on the edge of a housing estate in Clydebank near Glasgow.
Snake eats lizard eats beetle
Scientists examine rare, 48-million-year-old tripartite fossil food chain found at the UNESCO World Heritage site Messel Pit.
Genetics of African KhoeSan populations maps to Kalahari Desert geography
Geography and ecology are key factors that have influenced the genetic makeup of human groups in southern Africa, according to new research.
Ushabti figurine recovered in Mexico is authentic
After a week of analysis, the Ministry of Antiquities has confirmed that the ancient Egyptian Ushabti figurine recently recovered from Mexico is genuine.
13th century Maya codex, long shrouded in controversy, proves genuine
The Grolier Codex proved to be both genuine and likely the most ancient of all surviving manuscripts from ancient America.
Similarities found between how ancient and modern fish survived youth
An international team of scientists has described a rare fossil site that is believed to be among the earliest evidence of different fish species using a common nursery.
Bill Viola’s major new work for St Paul’s Cathedral
Bill Viola’s video installation Mary (2016) will be inaugurated in the North Quire Aisle of Saint Paul's Cathedral on 8 September 2016.
Turkey shuts down Austrian archaeological dig in Ephesus
Austrian archaeologists were left speechless after the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism notified them last week that the Ephesus excavations would have to stop immediately.
Throughout history humans have preferred their pigs to be black
New mutation found that suggests humans across the world have selected and bred black pigs.
Exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in Arrasate
The deposit being explored by a team from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country contains at least 40 species and reflects the fauna in the area during the Upper Pleistocene.
Study Cracks Coldest Case: How the Most Famous Human Ancestor Died
Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree, according to a study appearing in Nature led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Tokens: Culture, Connections, Communities
Is there a difference between ‘tokens’ and ‘money’, between ‘tokens’ and ‘symbols’, or between tokens and other categories of object? This and many other questions are to be answered in this conference.
Rock art power and symbolism in southern Africa
This display, opening on September 15 in the British Museum, focuses on one central example of rock art and its importance for San|Bushmen.
“Ancients Behaving Badly”
This conference's focus is on examples of bad behaviour in the ancient world, in all its various interpretations.
Family Models: (Inter)Generational and Gender Relations in the Ancient World
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes A Panel on Family Models: (Inter)Generational and Gender Relations in the Ancient World, 5-8 June 2017.
A monster put in its place
An analysis of the fossil known as the Minden Monster has enabled paleontologists to assign the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Germany to a previously unknown genus.
Field Museum scientists unearth centuries-old crocodile stone
The discovery of a carved stone crocodile by Field Museum archaeologists has provided a key to revising long-held ideas about the site of the ancient city of Lambityeco.