Fellowship opportunity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Two fellowship positions funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provide scholarly support for the MET’s curatorial program.
Sleepy Hollow in Ireland
Heavy rains and winds in County Sligo, Ireland, toppled a massive, centuries-old beech tree, bringing to light the skeleton of a Medieval teenager.
Identifying the sex of human skeletal remains
Being able to identify the sex of human skeletal remains is crucial to avoid creating a distorted version of history, ANU Honours student Clare McFadden said.
Was Darwinius a little longer in the tooth than previously thought?
A famous fossil of an early primate shares more in common with modern lemurs based on how its teeth erupted.
Site of elephant butchering came to light in Megalopoli
Marathousa 1 is the only known “butchering site” of elephants in the Balkans and one of the oldest archaeological sites in Greece.
Kerameikos
Volume dedicated to the archaeological site and the museum of Kerameikos. The edition is part of the Museums Cycle series of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.
Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome
Call for abstracts for papers focussing on skilled labour and professionalism in any period of classical antiquity. Deadline: November 2, 2015.
Neolithic skeleton reveals early history of rickets
Rickets has been identified in a Neolithic skeleton from the Scottish island of Tiree, making it the earliest case of the disease in the UK.
Extinct human species found in cave may rewrite history
Researchers announced the discovery of a new species of hominin, a small creature with a tiny brain that opens the door to a new way of thinking about our ancient ancestors.
Danish Museums Association: A 3-day Learning Exchange
An opportunity to know the Danish museum landscape and learn about the Danish museums’ legislation.
A Late Bronze Age court-centered building at Sissi
Excavations focused on the exploration of a Late Bronze Age (16th c. BC) complex tentatively identified as a court-centered building during the 2011 campaign.
Autopsy in Athens: Recent Archaeological Research on Athens and Attica
Presents new observations on a range of aspects of the ancient city of Athens and life, politics and religion in Attica.
Shouldering the Burden of Evolution
A team of researchers of the University of California San Francisco compared the shoulder blades of early hominins, modern humans, and African apes, in order to find out what the last common ancestor of modern humans and apes might have looked like.
Mosaic floor with hippodrome scene revealed in Cyprus
Excavations at Akaki have revealed part of a mosaic floor depicting a chariot scene taking place in the hippodrome (circus scene) and rich geometric decoration.
Stonehenge researchers find largest Neolithic monument
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project reveals traces of standing stones beneath Durrington Walls super-henge.
Bronze statue of a Hellenistic ruler recovered using advanced technology
Fragments held in the National Museum in Tehran were reconstructed to a most impressive evidence of the Hellenistic era in Iran.
Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalized fish trade in Tudor England
Commercial exploitation of fish and the growth of naval sea power were "mutually reinforcing aspects of globalisation" in Renaissance Europe.
Ancient genomes link early farmers to Basques
Recent analyses revealed that early Iberian farmers are the closest ancestors to modern-day Basques.
GVSU professor, student help discover one-million-year-old monkey fossil
An international team of scientists, including a Grand Valley State University professor and alumni, recently discovered a species of monkey fossil the team has dated to be more than one million years old.
Eunotosaurus has the early word on turtles
Thanks to new fossil evidence, paleontologists are able to prove that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles.
An unknown settlement in the surrounding area of Ambracia
An ancient previously unknown township was found during construction works of a motorway in Ambracia, Greece.
