How the mammoth got its wool
Evolutionary change in a gene resurrected in the lab from the extinct woolly mammoth altered the gene's temperature sensitivity and likely was part of a suite of adaptations that allowed the mammoth to survive in harsh arctic environments, according to new research.
A Rothschild Renaissance
The Waddesdon Bequest gallery is unique in showing an entire surviving 19th Century collection of exceptional quality and rarity.
Ceramic art from the earth of Lapithos
The exhibition at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia presents the evolution of Lapithian ceramics.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 12)
The 12th article in the special issue on Museology offers a survey of the different ways in which the museum community has made it possible for children to participate in the museum scene.
After Pompeii
"After Pompeii – where does the study of the Roman city go in the 21st century?" is the title of a session within the EAUH Conference 2016.
Roman villa on Gianuttri island reopens its doors
The remains of one of the most prestigious maritime villas from Roman times was reopened yesterday, July 2, 2015, on an almost uninhabited island off the Tuscan coast.
ISIS destroys the Lion of Allat in Palmyra
ISIS militants destroyed the famous statue of the Lion of Allat in Palmyra. UNESCO once against condemned the "culture cleansing" being carried out by Islamic State jihadists and called for a campaign against it.
Bronze Age site yields evidence on everyday life
Evidence from Must Farm, a Bronze Age site near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, yields valuable information on how life was in Britain 3,000 years ago.
A two thousand year old bath below the living room floor
An ancient, two thousand year old ritual bath (miqwe) was discovered below a living room floor during renovations carried out in a private house in the picturesque neighborhood of ‘Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.
Footprint on Roman tile found at Vindolanda
Student unearthed a tile with a human footprint that was accidentally – or perhaps even mischievously – pressed into the freshly made object more than two millennia ago, in Vindolanda.
South Africans used milk-based paint 49,000 years ago
Scientists have discovered a milk-and ochre-based paint dating to 49,000 years ago that inhabitants may have used to adorn themselves with or to decorate stone or wooden slabs.
Detecting creativity in art
A pair of Serbian computer scientists figured out a way to detect cognitive processes involved in human creativity.
Launch of global Unite for Heritage Coalition in Bonn
The campaign is designed to strengthen the mobilization of governments and all heritage stakeholders in the face of deliberate damage to cultural heritage, particularly in the Middle East.
Bronze Age man’s diet and the arrival of new crops in the Iberian Peninsula
Researchers from the universities of Granada, Santiago de Compostela and Reading (UK) have studied human skeletal remains from the Cova do Santo collective burial cave in northwestern Spain.
Coinage and History
Enriched version of the lecture given on the 8th of October 2013 in the framework of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation’s lecture series.
New finds in the waters north-east of Delos
New finds in the waters north-east of Delos clarify the use of sunken buildings.
Violence and Politics: Ideologies, Identities, Representations
Τhe Postgraduate Association of the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is organizing a colloquium entitled “Violence and Politics: Ideologies, Identities, Representations” to be held in Athens, 15-16 January 2016.
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.