Archaeological investigation at Anogyra-Vlou
The main results of the 2015 archaeological field season at Anogyra-Vlou and Anogyra-Tsoulloufatsena (Lemesos District, Cyprus).
Tel Aviv University announces Archaeology Post-Doc Positions
Applicants are requested to submit a cover letter, a CV, a detailed statement of current research interests, and two references also stating whether they are applying for further funding. Deadline: March 3 2016.
An epitaph from a tomb in China tells a unique story
The tomb of the man who helped China's only female emperor rise to power bears epitaphs describing how she executed him and his entire family, seeking revenge for his brother's betrayal.
17th century mystery box content virtually reconstituted
Archaeologists have managed to virtually reconstitute in 3D the inaccessible contents of a fragile and damaged 17th century metallic box. The box was found at Saint-Laurent church excavation in Grenoble.
Large mammals need room to roam
A 20-year study in Arctic Alaska looks at how woolly mammoths and other ice-age animals handled climate change.
Invaluable ancient Syrian mosaic discovered
Münster classical scholars discovered invaluable ancient Syrian mosaics and buildings and are excavating one of the few sites that are currently accessible for studies on ancient Roman Syria.
The Late Bronze Age site of Pyla-Kokkinokremos in Cyprus
A total of ten spaces were unearthed, some with rich floor assemblages, were unearthed during the 2015 excavations at the Pyla-Kokkinokremos site.
22 ancient shipwrecks discovered in Greece
Underwater archaeologists in Greece have discovered 22 shipwrecks around the Fourni archipelago in the north-eastern Aegean Sea.
New technology takes students back 2 million years
Thanks to Northern Arizona University’s lithic casting lab, students are getting to work directly with Stone Age artifacts, using new technology to create replicas.
The Neolithic settlement of Toumba Kremastis Koiladas (Part 1)
The site was located in 1985, 15klms north east of the town of Kozani, on the southeast boundary of the basin of Kitrini Limni (Yellow Lake or Sari Göl) and outside the area covered by the marsh of that name, drained in the 1950s.
Stone Age “eco” home found at Stonehenge dig
The ground-breaking discovery of a Stone Age “eco” home could be under threat if controversial Government-backed plans for a tunnel go through the ancient site.
Mount Athos and western women 1880-1980
Women have long interacted with the Holy Mountain—visually and imaginatively, through the mediation of objects and people, of pictures and words. A lecture by Veronica della Dora.
Extinct ape species resets the scale on humans’ ancestors
Newly discovered Pliobates cataloniae roamed Earth 11.6 million years ago.
The ancient City Road and the Metro beneath Vouliagmenis Avenue
This book presents the results of the excavations conducted by the Archaeological Service of the Ministry of Culture along Vouliagmenis Avenue and in the underground Line 2 of the METRO whose seven stations serve the southern areas of Athens.
Hatshepsut’s Temple at Gebelein is getting rediscovered
The poor conditions of its decoration as well as the (seemingly) lack of royal names from its inscriptions made the site a never ending puzzle for scholars. Till now.
Extinction of Pleistocene herbivores induced major vegetation and landscape changes
The extinction of large herbivores such as mammoths could explain massive prehistoric changes in vegetation and landscape structure.
Research backs human role in extinction of mammoths, other mammals
Radiocarbon analysis of the decline and extinction of large mammals in the Americas lends support to the idea that hunting by humans led to the animals' demise.
Ancient babies boost Bering land bridge layover
University of Utah scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together at an Alaskan campsite 11,500 years ago.
Rare archaeological finds in Pylos
An international team of archaeologists led by UC researchers discovered a Bronze Age warrior’s tomb in Pylos filled with more than 1,400 objects.
Ancient Egyptian word list is earliest known abecedary
This ancient Egyptian word list of the fifteenth century BC is the earliest known example of a list arranged according to their initial sounds. It gives a vital insight into the earliest known stages of the alphabet.
Mytilene: Stone-built cist grave revealed
An unlooted stone-built cist grave of the Mycenaean period came to light on Lesvos during improvement works on a rural road.
LM III mortuary practices in west Crete
Seminar about the systematic study of data from the cemeteries of Armenoi and Maroulas, Rethymno.
Light and lighting devices in wall paintings of Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki
In this paper the type of lighting sources and the rendering of light depicted on murals of Byzantine churches are being discussed.
A Reassessment of the Eastern Patriarchates in the Ottoman Empire
A Dialogos lecture, given by Dr Hasan Çolak (Leiden University).