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.
Ancient skeleton shows leprosy may have spread to Britain from Scandinavia
An international team, including archaeologists from the University of Southampton, has found evidence suggesting leprosy may have spread to Britain from Scandinavia.
Iconography and Agency in the Mycenaean Era
How did an iconography originate and crystallize in the society we call Mycenaean? Fourth seminar in the series 'Greek Iconographies' by Jim Wright.
CA/CAS Annual Conference
Call for Papers for the Classical Association & Classical Association of Scotland Annual Conference 2016.
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Ancient Perspectives on the Past and the Future
The third King's College London Classics Postgraduate Conference will be held on 2nd and 3rd of June 2015.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas
This richly illustrated volume seeks to define the complex contours of the reception of Greek drama in the Americas, and to articulate how these different engagements have been distinct both from each other, and from those of Europe and Asia.
Another three years for the Grand Egyptian Museum
According to an announcement made by the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damaty at the opening of the first International Tutankhamun Conference organized by the Grand Egyptian Museum, the museum will be partially opened by May 2018.
6,000 looted antiquities reclaimed by Syrian authoritied
Syrian authorities confiscated and reclaimed 6000 pieces of looted antiquities trafficked by the terrorist organizations during the past period.
Feathered fossils from China reveal dawn of modern birds
The Archaeornithura meemannae lived roughly 130.7 million years ago in northeastern China, about 6 million years before the previously thought origin of modern birds, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
Nea Paphos: 50 Years of Polish Excavations, 1965-2015
Exhibition presenting to the public, for the first time, a large part of the results of half a century of archaeological investigations of the Polish archaeological mission in the city of Paphos.
Hanuman statue to be repatriated after all
The Cleveland Museum of Art announced that it voluntarily returned a 10th century Cambodian stone sculpture of Hanuman to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context from Beyond the Cyclades
Conference to be held at the Archaeological Society at Athens on the 25th and 26th of May.
Djehutyhotep tomb has fallen victim to looters
The tomb of Djehutyhotep in Deir el-Bersha, famous for its scene of a colossal statue being dragged by ropes, got looted ten days ago.
Literature and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean
Seminar investigating relationship between themes, motifs and structures of the texts and/or of the myths involved, starting with the early examples of epic poetry and of wisdom and didactic literature.
It takes a village to raise a child
University of Utah anthropologist Karen Kramer explores the moment when ancient societies adopted the practice of 'taking a village to raise a child' in research published in the Journal of Human Evolution.
Exhibition “from the storage rooms”of the Lemesos Archaeological Museum
The most important and attractive areas of a museum are its storage rooms... An exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Lemesos (Cyprus).
Large scanning project reveals animal mummy “scandal”
More than 800 mummies, ranging from cats and birds to crocodiles, have so far been analysed using X-rays and CT scans during a large scanning project at Manchester Museum and the University of Manchester.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 7)
In this article, Esther Solomon presents the ethnographic museums of the 21st century and addresses the topic of cultural diversity.
Religious Convergence in the Ancient Mediterranean
This international conference brings together scholars in religion, archaeology, philology, and history to explore case studies and theoretical models of converging religions.
2016 Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature
The Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature (AMPAL) is one of the largest postgraduate conferences in ancient literature in the UK.
Scandinavian trade ‘triggered’ the Viking Age
New study shows that the early Vikings from Norway had access to large quantities of reindeer antlers and sold them to craftworkers in Southern Scandinavia.