Unique archaeological find in Ancient Aptera, Crete
A pair of two small, but remarkably well-preserved statues was discovered at the archaeological site of Ancient Aptera, in Western Crete, archaeologists announced on Tuesday.
Massive dump-site found in archaeological area
Police in Italy have uncovered a large illegal dumpsite in Rome on Monday following investigations at the remains of ancient Roman catacombs.
Prado acquired Fra Angelico’s Virgin of the Pomegranate
Madrid’s Museo del Prado has acquired Fra Angelico's The Virgin of the Pomegranate from the Alba ducal collection.
BSA Teacher Fellowship
The School Teacher Fellowship at the British School at Athens is offered each year to enable a teacher to pursue a project in Greece designed to enhance their teaching.
The Museums Association launches revised Code of Ethics
The Museums Association (MA) has launched its revised Code of Ethics, following an 18 month consultation.
BSA: Postgraduate Course in Prehistoric, Greek and Roman Pottery
Application deadline is January 31st, 2016.
Jurassic ‘sea monster’ donated to Oxford University Museum of Natural History
A rare 165 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton has been donated to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History after being discovered in a quarry near Peterborough.
GAO 2016 Graduate Conference Registration Open
Registration for the Graduate Archaeology at Oxford (GAO) conference is now open.
The Hellenistic Peloponnese: New Perspectives
“The Hellenistic Peloponnese: New Perspectives” is organised under the auspices of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester.
Lecturer in Hellenistic History
Cardiff's School of History, Archaeology and Religion is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Hellenistic History.
First Probable Case of Scurvy in Ancient Egypt
The discovery was made by the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project (AKAP), a joint venture between the University of Bologna and Yale University.
The Neolithic settlement of Toumba Kremasti Koilada (Part 5)
Interpretation of the Kremasti ditches should not focus on the form they present today, neither should they be seen as a large community work constructed at a given moment in time to serve a specific need.
Οldest Christian monastery in Iraq destroyed by ISIS
The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed by ISIS.
Ex Ionia Scientia ‒ ‘Knowledge’ in Archaic Greece
The international conference “Ex Ionia Scientia ‒ ‘Knowledge’ in Archaic Greece” will be held in Greece on 12-14 December 2016.
Göbekli Tepe to get a makeover
Göbekli Tepe, home to what has been interpreted as one of the world’s earliest temple structures is to get a makeover through a new restoration project.
Evidence of a prehistoric massacre found in Kenya
Skeletal remains of a group of foragers massacred around 10,000 years ago on the shores of a lagoon 30km west of Lake Turkana, Kenya.
Neolithic tomb reveals community stayed together, even in death
A Neolithic Spanish burial site contains remains of a closely-related local community from 6000 years ago, according to a recent study.
200 million-year-old Jurassic dinosaur uncovered in Wales
A new carnivorous dinosaur species named Dracoraptor hanigani uncovered in the south of Wales is possibly the oldest known Jurassic dinosaur from the UK.
The ancient theatre of Lefkas has come to light
An almost unknown, rather big theatre has come to light during excavations at the hill of Koulmos on the island of Lefkada.
Interpretive approaches to prehistoric figurines
Aegean Lecture by Stratos Nanoglou in the Swedish Institute at Athens on January 29, 2016.
Social, cultural and demographic processes in migration periods
"Methodologies to investigate social, cultural and demographic processes in migration periods" is the topic of the 22nd annual meeting of the EAA.
Mounting evidence suggests early agriculture staved off global cooling
“After 12 years of debate about whether the climate of the last several thousand years has been entirely natural or in considerable part the result of early agriculture, converging evidence from several scientific disciplines points to a major anthropogenic influence,” said William Ruddiman.
Plague may have persisted in Europe for 300 years
Genetic analysis reveals Y. pestis bacteria may have persisted long-term in Europe.