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Olympus: The Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin

Olympus: The Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin

Exhibition featuring over 160 works, including marble statues and reliefs, bronze statuettes, terracotta vases, and jewelry from the Berlin State Museum’s classical antiquities collection, drawn from the Altes Museum and the Pergamonmuseum.
Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture

Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture

The Conference on Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture will be hosted at the University of Winnipeg, in Canada, on October 2-4, 2015.
Lepanto: The Naval Battle

Lepanto: The Naval Battle

The exhibition “Alkis Pierrakos. Lepanto: The Naval Battle” opens its doors today (February 5, 2015), at the at the Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery of Athens.
Hunter-gatherers’ dental “harmony” disrupted by diet shift

Hunter-gatherers’ dental “harmony” disrupted by diet shift

Hunter gatherer populations had an almost "perfect harmony" between their lower jaws and teeth. This harmony began to fade with the transition to agriculture.
Director of Benaki Museum

Director of Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum is seeking a dynamic, creative, and experienced Director to replace Professor Angelos Delivorrias.
Fishy cooking habits of North American hunter-gatherers

Fishy cooking habits of North American hunter-gatherers

Archaeologists have discovered the first use of pottery in north-eastern North America was largely due to the cooking, storage and social feasting of fish by hunter-gatherers.
Tonal languages require humidity

Tonal languages require humidity

Languages with a wide range of tone pitches have primarily developed in regions with high levels of humidity.
The giant pacarana used its teeth as tusks

The giant pacarana used its teeth as tusks

Josephoartigasia monesi may have used its incisors for activities other than biting, such as digging in the ground for food, or defending itself from predators.
Nineveh wall blown up by ISIS

Nineveh wall blown up by ISIS

Large parts of the ancient Nineveh wall were detonated by ISIS, as was announced by a Kurdish official on Tuesday.
Bowhunting may have fostered social cohesion during the Neolithic period

Bowhunting may have fostered social cohesion during the Neolithic period

Spanish archaeologists have analyzed the Neolithic bows found in the site of La Draga (Girona, Spain).
Angels: The Bureaucracy of the Divine

Angels: The Bureaucracy of the Divine

Lecture by Hara Papatheodorou (Emeritus Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, The American College of Greece) at the Canadian Institute in Greece.
Digital Heritage 2015

Digital Heritage 2015

A "federated" world congress of the leading international societies, organizations, and events around IT for heritage.
Bronze statues attributed to Michelangelo

Bronze statues attributed to Michelangelo

Two bronze statues, representing two male figures riding panthers, have been identified as the only metal sculptures by Michelangelo.
Clare, a new landmark for Cambridge

Clare, a new landmark for Cambridge

Cambridge gained a new landmark when Clare, a sculpture of a T-rex, was unveiled at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences last week.
The Manot people are indeed the ancestors of European populations!

The Manot people are indeed the ancestors of European populations!

Tel Aviv University discovery also indicates modern humans coexisted, interbred with Neanderthals in the Levant.
“Life is Short but Art is Long”

“Life is Short but Art is Long”

"Life is Short but Art is Long" opens in the Pera Museum of Istanbul (Turkey) on February 11, 2015. It will last until April 26, 2015 and is organized by the Pera Museum and the Suna & Inan Kıraç Foundation.
Serres: Tomb with coins came to light

Serres: Tomb with coins came to light

An ancient tomb hiding coins and pieces of gold was found on a municipal property, at a distance of 3km from Nea Zichni of Serres.
Center vs. Periphery. Latin between texts and contexts, language and literature (1st-5th AD)

Center vs. Periphery. Latin between texts and contexts, language and literature (1st-5th AD)

An international colloquium will be held in Naples on the 7th-9th October 2015, entitled "Center vs. Periphery. Latin between texts and contexts, language and literature (1st-5th AD)".
Aspects of Family Law in the Ancient World

Aspects of Family Law in the Ancient World

The Department of Greek and Latin at University College London (UCL) is planning to host an international conference on 22-24 April 2015 on aspects of family law in the Ancient World.
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 3)

Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 3)

Can a museological view and treatment of artefacts offer a new field of research and application of curating practices of modern art exhibitions?
Fresh excavations at two Harappan sites have begun

Fresh excavations at two Harappan sites have begun

Excavation work has started at two major sites of the Harappan civilisation, Binjor and Rakhigarhi.
2,200-year-old moat discovered in Tarragona

2,200-year-old moat discovered in Tarragona

Students of Archaeology at the University of Barcelona (UB) have discovered the remains of a 2,200-year-old moat that defended the Iberian town of Vilar de Valls, the ancient city of Valls, in Tarragona.
El Greco’s Modernism

El Greco’s Modernism

"El Greco's Modernism" is the subject of the art history seminar which will be given by Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Crete Nicos Hadjinicolaou, on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at the Benaki Museum of Athens.
Maya water temple discovered reveals drought

Maya water temple discovered reveals drought

The discovery of a water temple at a Belize site, leads archaeologists to believe that a "drought cult" of the Maya existed.
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