Pharaoh Senebkay was brutally killed in a battle far away from home
After examining the skeletal remains of Senebkay, discovered in Abydos last year, a team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Josef Wegner assumed that the king died in battle.
3,000-year-old divination shrines discovered in Armenia
Archaeologists have discovered three divination shrines, about 3,300 years old, within a hilltop fortress at Gegharot, Armenia.
15th century manuscript was repainted and ‘re-gifted’ as wedding gift
Stella Panayotova (Fitzwilliam Museum) leads a project that is using advanced imaging techniques to examine medieval manuscripts.
The Theban Epics
Malcolm Davies provides the first full commentary on all four Theban epics’ fragments.
The Prince and the Artist: Bronze Age Greece through a minuscule masterpiece
On this minuscule amethyst disc-shaped seal (measuring 9mm in diameter), a gifted and experienced Minoan craftsman has depicted a lively, exquisitely detailed and unprecedentedly artistic representation of a male head in profile.
Greek and Roman Musical Studies
Greek and Roman Musical Studies is a new journal, the first specialist periodical in the fields of ancient Greek and Roman music.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classics in Israel
The Joint M.A. Program in Classics in Tel Aviv University, Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University and Haifa University sponsored by the Yad Hanadiv Foundation invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classics 2015-2016.
Island Insularity and Connectivity
This interdisciplinary symposium will explore the complex topic of 'Cypriot island identity'.
Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge
Conference about knowledge tranfer in Early Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
Hellenistic Monarchies
The Tombros Conference on Hellenistic Monarchies will take place at the Penn State University on April 24-25, 2015.
Artifacts from Euboea in the National Archaeological Museum at Athens
The presentation will contain mention of literary and inscriptional sources about Euboea, through the study of which it will be attempted to explore aspects of the topography of Euboean sites in combination with the information gathered from the finds, as well as from more recent research results.
Empress Faustina presented to the public
A marble statue head representing the Roman Empress Faustina is leaving the storage area of the Archaeological Museum of Patras for the first time to be exhibited and shown to the public as the museum's “Exhibit of the Month”.
Homeric Conversation
Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems.
Self-mummified monk in a Buddha statue?
The Buddha statue displayed last year in a Mummies exhibition had more than a mummy hidden inside of it...
Ancient and modern cities aren’t so different
New research finds that the bigger the ancient settlement, the more productive and efficient it was... Just like modern cities.
Modern Greek for archaeologists/classicists on Ikaria
A new course specifically designed for archaeologists and classicists is on offer this June.
Does Dark Matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
Movement through dark matter may perturb the orbits of comets and lead to additional heating in the Earth’s core, both of which could be connected with mass extinction events, such as the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Migration from the east the origin of European languages
A third prehistoric migration wave has been established with the publication of a study providing evidence for the origin of some Indo-European languages.
1,500-year-old pot uncovered after rainstorm
The rainstorm on Wednesday unearthed a giant earthenware pot from the Byzantine times at the Gan Yavne archaeological site.
London Summer School in Classics
The School is organised by the University College London and the King's College London. It will take place on Tuesday 7 to Thursday 16 July 2015.
Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures
This book is devoted to a much-needed reassessment of Helotry and of its place in the history and sociology of unfree labor.
Balkan Light 2015
The conference "Balkan Light 2015" will take place on 16-19 September 2015 in Athens.
Bio-archaeology to determine Paracas diet 2,000 years ago
Using new techniques a team of bio-archaeologists and archaeologists have been able to study the diets of 14 individuals who lived almost 2,000 years ago.
From Acapulco to the Philippines: The journeys of the fire ants
A recent study highlights the importance of historical trade routes in setting up current distributions of pest species.