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.
Four new tombs discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists at Tell el-Farkha site, Dakahleyya Governorate, have discovered four new tombs, Minister of Antiquities, Dr Mamdouh Eldamaty announced on Wednesday.
Volcanic eruptions that changed human history
Researchers find new evidence that large eruptions were responsible for cold temperature extremes recorded since early Roman times.
Training Courses, Learning Exchanges and Webinars
NEMO announced the second round of capacity building activities for its members and museum professionals.
Scientist Position in Archaeological Science
The Department of Human Evolution of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany), invites applications for a research position in isotopic studies.
New horned dinosaur reveals evolution of nose horn in Triceratops family
Scientists have discovered a striking new species of horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) based on fossils collected from a bone bed in southern Alberta, Canada.
Old world monkey had a tiny but complex brain
Victoriapithecus had a small brain relative to its body size with an olfactory bulb about three times as large as that in present-day monkeys.
The sense of smell in early humans
The sense of smell plays a decisive role in human societies, as it is linked to our taste for food, as well as our identification of pleasant and unpleasant substances.