3rd Summer School in Ancient Technology and Crafts
The 3rd summer school on Ancient Technology and Crafts is organized again this summer by the International Hellenic University (29/06 – 10/07), Thessaloniki, Greece.
2015 Lancaster Summer School in Interdisciplinary Digital Methods
This year’s programme for the Lancaster Summer School in Interdisciplinary Digital Methods has been announced.
Gods, heroes and athletes
Exhibition in the Regional Archaeological Museum in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain).
Big toe’s big foot holds evolutionary key
An interdisciplinary team has combined visualisation techniques, engineering principles, and statistical analysis into a powerful new way of analysing the structure of long bones.
Tell el-Amarna mapped through satellite imagery system
A spatial high resolution satellite imagery system has revealed the layout of Tell el-Amarna, according to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 6)
National museums as cultural and political structures have to survive and redefine themselves in a new social, political, economic and scientific context, but also to present the public with the changes taking place in this context both in Europe and globally.
Scientists to define start of human epoch in new study
A new study attempts to trace the boundary of the beginning of the Anthropocene. In particular, Simon Lewis, of University College, London and the University of Leeds. and Mark Maslin of University College tried to locate the specific data that would allow
250-year-old charred dough goods discovered in Bavaria
Archaeologists in Bavaria have discovered the 250-year-old charred remains of two pretzels, three bread rolls and a croissant.
Polish archaeologists in Egypt for fieldwork
The second season of fieldwork of the Polish archaeological project in Gebelein in southern Egypt has begun. The place was a very important centre in the history of ancient Egypt, but researchers still know little about it. During last year’s
“Kongo across the Waters” exhibition displayed at NOMA
An exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art explores connections of the African Kongo peoples with African American art and culture in the USA.
Third ancient city attacked by Islamic State in Iraq
The remains of a third ancient city in Iraq, Khorsabad, have been desecrated by Islamic State within a few days.
Modified eagle claws potentially evidence of Neanderthal jewellery
Modified white-tailed eagle talons were possibly jewellery made by Krapina Neanderthals 130,000 years ago, before the appearance of modern human in Europe, according to a study published on Wednesday by David Frayer from University of Kansas and colleagues from Croatia.
Stone-age Saharan plateau is earliest man-made landscape
A new survey of the Messak Settafet escarpment has shown that stone-age tools are scattered across the landscape.
Ancient coins rediscovered in University Library
A rare and valuable collection of coins has been rediscovered at the archive of a Library where it had lain forgotten for about 80 years.
DNA helps identify specific origins of slave skeletons
Researchers have extracted, isolated, sequenced, and analysed DNA from the skeletons of three enslaved individuals, discovered about 5 years ago.
New Kingdom tomb discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists from the American Research Center in Egypt have discovered another 18th Dynasty tomb at Al-Qurna, on the west bank of Luxor.
Millions of modern men are descendants of 11 Asian dynastic leaders
Geneticists from the University of Leicester have discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders.
Thousands of skeletons unearthed in Bedlam, London
Thousands of skeletons were unearthed from Bedlam, a burial ground in London, after they were discovered during works for the construction of a Crossrail transit line.
Climate change is now threatening Chilean mummies
Chinchorro mummies, now housed in the collection of the University of Tarapacá’s San Miguel de Azapa Museum in Arica, Chile, having survived for thousands of years, are now rapidly degrading. Archaeologists have managed to trace the cause of the degradation
Unusual jadeite artefact discovered in Mexico
An unusually shaped artefact carved from jadeite has been found underwater at the site of Arroyo Pesquero, in Veracruz, Mexico.
Ancient fossils reveal diversity in body structure of human ancestors
Ancient fossils reveal diversity in human ancestor body structure, changing the perspective of human evolution.
2,300-year-old silver hoard found in northern Israel
An ancient hoard, dating about 2,300 years ago, was discovered by a group of spelunkers in northern Israel as they were exploring a cave.
Ancient Mongolian metallurgy cause of extreme pollution
A new study by the University of Pittsburgh shows that not only were ancient Mongols fierce warriors, they also processed metals polluting the environment.
Traces of a lost city discovered in Honduran rainforest
An expedition to the Honduras has discovered a lost city in the jungle, possibly of a mysterious culture.