3rd International Cyclodological Conference
The Society for Cycladic Studies organises the 3rd International Cycladological Conference in Hermoupolis, Syros on 25-29 May 2016.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 11)
This paper attempts to examine how debate and practices are shaped today round the usefulness, use, impact and challenges of digital information and communication technologies in museums.
Ancient Greeks believed the dead could rise from their graves
Two graves from Passo Marinaro, an ancient Greek necropolis in Sicily, with large amphora fragments and stones covering parts of the bodies, indicate ancient Greeks feared the dead could rise from their graves. “Necrophobia, or the fear of the dead,
Museums in Motion
“Museums in motion” is an international conference dedicated to exploring the emergent reconsideration of both the content and the role of city museums.
The freeing of the slave Falakros from his master Xenys, son of Nikanor…
This month's selected exhibit by the Igoumenitsa Archaeological Museum is a manumission inscription on a stone stele which was found in 1960 in the area of Goumani (anc. Gitana) and is dated in the mid 4th c. BC.
Fossil reveals tiny Cambrian sea creature mystery
A fossil from Canada has finally allowed baffled scientists to say with certainty which side the animal's head was.
Collaboration between the National Library and the Center for Hellenic Studies
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) has donated to the National Library of Greece a complete series of its publications, the Hellenic Studies Series.
5,000-year-old human footprints discovered in Denmark
5,000 year-old footprints were discovered by archaeologists from the Museum Lolland-Faster in Denmark during the excavations for the future Fehrman Belt Fix link giving insight into people's daily lives.
Scarlet macaws point to early complexity at Chaco Canyon
Carbon 14 dating of scarlet macaw remains indicates that interaction between Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon, N.M., and Mesoamerica began more than 100 years earlier than previously thought.
New Sesotho-named dinosaur from South Africa
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new 200 million year old dinosaur from South Africa, and named it Sefapanosaurus, from the Sesotho word "sefapano".
Traces of second wreck located at Antikythera
The shipwreck that carried the Antikythera Mechanism might have been accompanied by a second ship, as signs from the ongoing research indicate.
Farmer finds 2,500-year-old gold bracelets
Gold items preliminarily dated to 1600-400 BC have been discovered by a farmer near Jasło in the Subcarpathia. The antique objects have been taken to the Sub-Carpathian Museum in Krosno.
Runciman Award to Leroi’s “The Lagoon”
Armand M. Leroi’s The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (Bloomsbury Publishing) is this year’s winner of the Runciman Award for books published in 2014.
Mummified bishop: A unique time capsule from the 17th century
The mummified remains of Peder Winstrup are one of the best-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Preliminary investigations reveal a sensational find: the internal organs are still in place.
Isis blows up Palmyra shrines in Syria
ISIS militants have blown up two ancient tombs they consider sacrilegious in Palmyra, a 2,000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in central Syria.
New survey at dog catacomb in Egypt
Researchers have conducted a new survey at the dog catacomb near the temple of Anubis at Saqqara, with significant new finds.
Gold sun disc from the time of Stonehenge revealed to the public
An early Bronze Age sun-disc from Monkton Farleigh in Wiltshire has gone on display for the first time.
An early European had a close Neandertal ancestor
Genetic analysis of a 40,000-year-old jawbone from Romania reveals that early modern humans interbred with Neandertals when they first came to Europe.
Early Christian mosaic floor revealed in Nazareth
A mosaic floor that appears to be from one of the earliest churches in the history of Christianity was uncovered recently in Nazareth, Israel, at the Church of the Annunciation (Greek Orthodox).
12,000-year-old dog preserved in Siberian ice
The remains of a three-month-old female dog thought to have died during a landslide near the Syallakh River some 12,450 years ago have been autopsied by researchers of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk (Russia).
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 10)
The 10th article of the series about Museology examines the "sustainable museum".
IS lay mines around Palmyra ruins
IS militants have planted mines and bombs in the Palmyra site on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that it is not quite clear if the explosives were planted to destroy the site or to deter opposing forces from advancing.
Ancient dental plaque reveals insights in Middle Pleistocene daily life
A new research provides direct evidence of what early Palaeolithic people ate and the quality of the air they breathed inside Qesem Cave.
Kennewick Man: Solving a scientific controversy
An 8,500-year-old skeleton has been the focus of a bitter dispute between Native Americans and American scientists - new study based on his genome sequence shows that KM is more closely related to modern Native Americans, than to any other population.