Conference: Oikos-Taphos-Temenos
The focus of this conference will be the iconography of Athenian vases found in Greek contexts.
Fabrika Hill: Excavations of the Roman house
2015 excavations by “Mission Archéologique Française à Paphos” (MafaP) at Fabrika Hill, Cyprus, have been completed.
South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves produce 2 new hominin fossils
Specimens from the Homo genus can be associated with early stone tools dated to 2.18 million years ago.
Monumental Roman arcade found in Britain
A Roman arcade, the largest one in Britain, has been uncovered in Colchester, at a construction site of a new apartment block.
Light and manganese to discover the source of submerged Roman marble
The Roman Emperors used to spend their summers in the city of Baia, near Naples. With the passage of time, however, the majority of their luxury villas became immersed under water.
AIA and SCS Joint Annual Meeting 2017: Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada has been posted!
Study challenges widely accepted theory of Yellowstone formation
Understanding the complex geological processes that form supervolcanoes could ultimately help geologists determine what triggers their eruptions.
Clues about human migration to Imperial Rome
Ancient immigrants to Rome included young children, men.
Bronze Age cremation burial site found by a badger
Archaeologists discovered a Bronze Age cremation burial site near Stonehenge thanks to a badger digging up a mound.
Egyptian Embassy in Germany receives an ivory statuette
Egypt's Embassy in Berlin has received an ivory statuette that dates back to the 7th or 8th century BC as a first step to repatriate it to its place of origin.
Ecuadorian artefacts returned from Spain and Argentina
Ecuadorian authorities announced the repatriation of about 500 artefacts from Argentina and Spain last week.
Fossils turn out to be a rich source of information
Research team, coleaded by University of Bonn, discovers a surprising inner life in long-overlooked beetles.
Scientists map Greenland Ice movement during past 9,000 years
Scientists have created the first map that shows how the Greenland Ice Sheet has moved over time, revealing that ice in the interior is moving more slowly toward the edges than it has, on average, during the past 9,000 years.
Signs of early settlement in the Nordic region date back to the cradle of civilisation
The discovery of the world’s oldest storage of fermented fish in southern Sweden could rewrite the Nordic prehistory with findings indicating a far more complex society than previously thought.
Early human ancestor didn’t have the jaws of a nutcracker
Biting too hard would have dislocated jaw of Australopithecus sediba.
New ‘Little Ice Age’ coincides with fall of Eastern Roman Empire and growth of Arab Empire
Researchers from the international Past Global Changes (PAGES) project write in the journal Nature Geoscience that they have identified an unprecedented, long-lasting cooling in the northern hemisphere 1500 years ago.
Researchers help capture lifecycle of Roman pottery
University of Arkansas researchers are collaborating with the Capitoline Museum and the University of Missouri to study Roman pottery stored in the museum for more than a century.
Lasers reveal ‘lost’ Roman roads in the UK
UK archaeologists are using Environment Agency laser mapping data to rediscover hundreds of kilometres of 'lost' Roman roads.
The Neolithic settlement of Toumba Kremasti Koilada (Part 6)
Excavation data of Kremasti supports the diverse use of space in settlements of the Late Neolithic period.
Some 5000 years ago, silver mining on the shores of the Aegean Sea
At the foot of the Mycenaean Acropolis of Thorikos a French team of mining archaeologists has just discovered an inextricable network of galleries, shafts and chambers.
“Writing for Eternity” at the Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Spanning 4000 years of writing in Ancient Egypt, the history of this ancient civilisation is explored through stunning objects and texts in this exhibition from the British Museum.
Paleobotanist plays role in discovery of ‘Jurassic butterflies’
IU Paleobotanist David Dilcher is identifies a Jurassic Age insect whose behavior and appearance closely mimic a butterfly.
Burial site at Stonehenge shows gender equality
Research at Stonehenge has revealed that more women were buried there than men, in contrast to the image scientists had so far about gender equality in prehistory.
500-year-old painting is attributed to Hieronymus Bosch
A small oil on panel depicting the temptation of St Anthony was made by Hieronymus Bosch and not by a pupil or follower of his, researchers say.