Strange Itineraries
The Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens in collaboration with Big Olive (bigolive.org) invite you to a walk in the footsteps of European travellers who were captivated by Athens before and after the struggle for Independence.
International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology
IJSRA accepts papers addressing any topic and temporal sequence of archaeological interest until September 1, 2015.
Traces of flowers on Red Lady’s tomb
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country researchers Maria José Iriarte and Álvaro Arrizabalaga have published a paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science monograph on the burial of the Red Lady in Cantabria.
Save Mes Aynak
"The time to act is now. My fear is that we'll all gasp in horror when the Mes Aynak site is destroyed but won't do much when there was actually time to save it." - Brent Huffman, Director of "Saving Mes Aynak".
The “Serpent Column” will once again adorn Delphi
A replica of the famous sacrificial tripod dedicated to Apollo to commemorate the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Plataea (479 BC) will be place in the archaeological site of Delphi.
Heritage destruction as an archaeological opportunity?
Researchers say it is possible to obtain a great deal of original and important information from sites that have suffered badly through conflict.
The Western Traditions of Ancient History
Since the 18th century the study of Ancient History has centred around two separate concepts, imperialism and liberty, as Professor Oswyn Murray (University of Oxford) will explain in the presentation of his paper "The Western Traditions of Ancient History", at the British School at Athens, next Monday.
Project Curator for an Egyptian Exhibition
The British Museum's Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan are hiring a Project Curator for a a major exhibition of Egyptian antiquities.
Ancient Zominthos: Restoration after illegal digging
Restoration of the damages caused by looters at the Zominthos archaeological site on Mount Psiloritis on Crete have begun on Monday. As announced by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the site was vandalized.
Summer Workshop on Ancient Greek Graffiti
A week-long workshop focused on the Greek graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum will take place August 3-7, 2015 at the Center for Hellenic Studies, in Washington DC.
AURAL LIGHTHOUSES presents DANCING TUBES INTERVENTIONS
All nature, as it is in itself, consists of two things: there are bodies and there is void in which these bodies are and through which they move.
Lucretius, Der Rerum Natura, (c. 50 BCE), Book I, 418-421
Αegean and Cypriot trade in the 2nd millennium BC
Cyprus Seminar by Nikolas Papadimitriou (Museum of Cycladic Art).
Carl W. Blegen: Personal and Archaelogical Narratives
A biography that sets Blegen and his closest colleagues in the social and academic milieu that gave rise to the discipline of classical archaeology in Greece.
Human hunting weapons may not have caused the demise of the Neanderthals
Technological innovation may not have led to the colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans, suggests new study.
Bizarre ‘platypus’ dinosaur discovered
Although closely related to T-Rex, a new dinosaur discovered is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze upon plants.
Knowledge, love and diplomacy
Lecture at the Netherlands Institute at Athens by Professor Dr Jan Bransen (Radboud University).
Digital meets Culture
The portal Digital Meets Culture calls for contributions, i.e. interesting news concerning new technologies applied to creativity and culture.
The Mystic Lettrist Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami
The 34th Annual Walton Lecture, organized by the ASCSA, is dedicated to Abd al-Rahman al-Bistami.
Egypt: Last Pharaohs. From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Leoben (Austria) features over 200 objects, statues, reliefs, inscriptions and papyri.
Aid workers should read through archaeologists’ notebooks on building houses
Aid workers at natural disasters should consider long-term archaeological information about how locals constructed their homes in the past.
Woolly mammoth genomes mapped
An international team of researchers headed by a Greek geneticist have deciphered the complete genomes of two woolly mammoth specimens.
Archaeological Research in the Middle Haliakmon Valley (Part 3)
Presentation of the archaeological findings and data which outline the habitation in the Middle Haliakmon Valley from prehistoric times until the end of antiquity.
Rural and urban settlement in Sicily from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (University of Edinburgh), this workshop will bring together scholars working on the development of urban and rural settlement in Sicily from Prehistory to Late Antiquity.
Associate Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History
The University of Exeter wishes to recruit an Associate Lecturer (Education and Scholarship) to support the delivery of Classics and Ancient History programmes, and in particular Latin language teaching.