Neolithic settlement of two-storey houses unearthed in Bulgaria
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have announced that they unearthed a Neolithic settlement of 60 two-storey houses, near Mursalevo in Southwest Bulgaria. The houses had been deliberately set on fire.
Islamic State troops take over Palmyra
The world heritage site of Palmyra has been taken over by IS troops. Artefacts have been transferred to safe locations but the international community fears that large buildings and monuments will be destroyed.
First dinosaur fossil in Washington state
Burke Museum paleontologists have published a description of the first dinosaur fossil from Washington state.
Inlaid eyes in Roman stone sculptures
Why were so many statues of gods featured with inlaid eyes? Is it to give the sculpture a liveliness through the high polished surface and glance of the material?
Most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers
University of Leicester researchers discover a European male-specific population explosion that occurred between 2000 and 4000 years ago.
Reappraising Kirrha
"Reappraising Kirrha. New evidence on landscape, economy and society from Southern Phocis" is the title of the next Aegean lecture to be given by Julien Zurbach and Raphaël Orgeolet.
PhD-scholarships for research on the urban past
The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) offers three fully financed PhD scholarships from 1 September 2015.
Syrian ancient cultural site threatened by IS troops
Another cultural heritage site faced the threat of being destroyed by IS troops last weekend. The troops seem to have withdrawn for the time being, but the potential hazard still lingers above the ancient remains.
Athens and Attica in Prehistory
When was Attica first inhabited? To what extent did the coastline change? How was everyday life in the 3rd and the 2nd millennium BC? How did the sea affect the economy and contacts with other regions? Was Athens really the centre of Mycenaean Attica?
Neanderthals were attacked by large carnivores
A paper published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences highlights the importance that predation had on human evolution and the strong pressure that existed between Neanderthals and large carnivores.
Temple remains found in ancient Egyptian sandstone quarry
The discovery of the remains of a temple at Gebel el Silsila site, a sandstone quarry north of Aswan, gives the place new perspectives from an archaeological aspect.
Violent acts as a political strategy of control in Pre-Columbian Bolivia
At the site of Wata Wata in Bolivia, three skulls suggest that a man and two women had been beaten, beheaded and defleshed near the time of their death.
Double Greek Religion Seminar at the SIA
Beginning at 3.00 p.m. this afternoon, Jan-Mathieu Carbon (Copenhagen University) and Edward Harris (Durham University) will talk about Greek Cultic Associations and Greek Sacred Regulations respectively.
An Ionic column capital from the Prytaneion of Ambracia
An Ionic column capital was chosen this time as "exhibit of the month" by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta.
How to Clone a Mammoth
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes.
Unique social structure of hunter-gatherers explained
Sex equality in residential decision-making explains the unique social structure of hunter-gatherers, a new UCL study reveals.
The archaeology of Tzoumerka (Part 2)
Presentation of the second part of the paper entitled “Archaeological interventions and surveys in the area of ancient Athamania and Byzantine Tzemernikos”.
The Byzantine Republic
In this book Kaldellis shows that the idea of Byzantium as a rigid imperial theocracy is a misleading construct of Western historians since the Enlightenment.
History of Toxicology and Environmental Health
Toxicology in Antiquity is the first in a series of short format works covering key accomplishments, scientists, and events in the broad field of toxicology.
SOS for Yemen’s cultural heritage
Amid alarming reports about bombing of the Old City of Sana’a, UNESCO’s Director-General calls on all parties to protect Yemen’s unique cultural heritage.
500 million-year-old brain shows how heads evolved in early animals
A new study from the University of Cambridge has identified one of the oldest fossil brains ever discovered and used it to help determine how heads first evolved in early animals.
Replicas in Roman Art: Redeeming the Copy?
This workshop aims to put replication back on the agenda for research on Graeco-Roman art.
Thracian stork toy found in the Rhodope Mountains
The strange Thracian bronze artifact found in the area of the southern town of Zlatograd in the Rhodope Mountains was characterized by Bulgarian archaeologists as “the oldest children’s toy in Europe”.
The “ancestral shape hypothesis”
Lower back pain may have ties to our last common ancestor, chimpanzees, according to Simon Fraser University post-doctoral fellow.