Oldest fossilized sperm found in Antarctica
Scientists on Seymour Island, Antarctica, have discovered a 50-million-year-old fossilised sperm, the oldest known so far, in the wall of a worm cocoon specially produced for the purpose of sex.
Scientists in Northern Italy establish existence of Palaeolithic dental tools
Scientists have discovered evidence of the oldest known dental intervention, examining the 14,000-year-old skeleton of a young man, about 25 years old, from Northern Italy.
Almost intact medieval objects found in Oxford, England
Archaeologists at Westgate site in Oxford, England, have unearthed leather and wood objects that provide valuable information about everyday life 700 years ago.
A herbivorous mammalian ancestor
Head-butting and canine display during male-male combat first appeared some 270 million years ago.
Evolution of our mammalian ancestor’s ear bone
First detailed and comprehensive analysis on the ear bone shows noticeable variations in the morphology of this bone - even among animals of the same species.
City of David project condemned by UNESCO
The UN’ s education, cultural and scientific organization slammed Israeli archaeological digs in East Jerusalem voting 13-2 to keep the Old City on its list of endangered World Heritage sites.
Text writer – Egyptologist
Hill International is seeking to employ for an ongoing multibillion, "state of the art" museum project in Giza-Egypt a text writer - Egyptologist.
Human hands more primitive than chimp’s?
A study about the evolution of the human shows there has been relatively little change in its proportions.
Budapest calls for a Byzantine Studies expert
The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU) invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies.
Tomb shaft in Luxor yields unexpected finds
The gift of the father of the legendary Cleopatra VII for an Egyptian temple, in the form of a linen cloth, has been discovered by Polish archaeologists during excavations in Western Thebes (modern Luxor) in Egypt.
The last Viking and his magical sword?
A sword from the late Viking Age has been discovered in a burial in Langeid, a village in southern Norway.
Citadel wall damaged in Aleppo after blast
Part of a wall of the Aleppo Citadel in Syria was damaged by an explosion in a tunnel dug beneath the Old City.
Sling stones returned to Israel
Two stones were returned to the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva. The artifacts were accompanied by an anonymous note.
Mar’s millennia of mountaineers
Archaeologists working on the National Trust for Scotland’s Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire have uncovered evidence that people were active in this mountainous landscape thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
Three PhD Positions in Archaeology
Three PhD positions are offered by Leiden University. Focus lies on Mycenaean Greece.
Roman frescoes discovered in South France
Archaeologists in Arles, France, have discovered an almost full 2,000-year-old Roman fresco, the only one not found only in fragments outside Italy so far.
Summer School at Herculaneum
The Herculaneum Society is pleased to announce two outstanding summer schools.
10th International Meeting of Archaeological Film
AGON is proud to announce the Call for Entries of the 10th International Meeting of Archaeological Film of the Mediterranean Area… and beyond.
A music lyre from Ambracia
A music lyre was chosen by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta as the exhibit of this month.
The origins of our unity and diversity
Early modern human cultural interactions investigated through Middle Stone Age tool technologies.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 13)
The 13th article in the special issue on museology aims to present new practices that try to strengthen relations between the museum and the nursery school.
Volcanic rocks resembling Roman concrete explain record uplift in Italian caldera
The discovery of a fiber-reinforced, concrete-like rock formed in the depths of a dormant supervolcano could help explain the unusual ground swelling that led to the evacuation of an Italian port city.
Roman couples and power relationships
The conjugal couple as a central element in Roman society is the topic of this panel of the Swiss Congress of Historical Sciences 2016.
Parthenon, Fort Knox of ancient Athens?
The Parthenon’s attic may have been the storage place for ancient Athens’ vast cash reserves.