Introduction to GIS for Egyptologists
This short course will give participants a basic understanding of the nature and operation of a GIS and how it can be used in Egyptology.
Borderscapes of Ancient Egypt
Symposium that marks the end of the BORDERSCAPE Project. Online on MS Teams.
Gender in the ANE, ASOR AM 2024
Abstracts are now invited for the 2024 ASOR Session on Gender in the Ancient Near East to be held at the Annual Meeting in Boston.
Rembrandt – Hoogstraten: Colour and Illusion
For the first time, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna will present an exhibition on the important Baroque painter Rembrandt.
Haifa Center for Mediterranean History postdoctoral fellowships
The Haifa Center for Mediterranean History (HCMH) seeks applications for postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2024-25.
Stories for Faces
Forensics and facial reconstruction expert Chris Rynn has recreated the faces of four Scots. Presented by the Perth Museum.
Did Neanderthals use glue?
Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered.
Jan Assmann Has Passed Away
He redefined ancient Egyptian religion, literature, and history, through the prism of Cultural Theory and Memory, Reception Studies, Historical Anthropology, and even Theology.
Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia
Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago humans created a habitat for birds that would otherwise have migrated, a new study reveals.
Researchers attempt to document Gullah Geechee history
Within the depths of the lower Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers lie remnants of the region's history of rice cultivation and the enslaved West Africans and their descendants.
Stellenbosch Ancient Studies Research Seminar 2024
Seminars happen in hybrid format at 17:00 (SAST) on Tuesdays: in-person in Arts 332 (Arts and Social Sciences Building, cnr Ryneveld and Merriman in Stellenbosch), and online via Microsoft Teams.
Insight into the cave life of early human settlements in the Amazon
Some of the earliest people to migrate to South America during the late Pleistocene era turned shallow caves in the Amazon into homes and safe havens.
Did Eurasia’s dominant East-West axis “turn the fortunes of history”?
New research shows that environmental barriers have influenced the spread of cultural innovations but do not consistently favour Eurasia.
Cultural Heritage in Crisis: People Oriented
This multi-year workshop centers on the people behind cultural heritage before, during, and after conflict.
Website Turin Papyrus Collection
The Museo Egizio in Turin has its own website for the Turin Papyrus Collection.
“Until death do us part”
The journal article explores the funerary deposition of animal remains and the nature of joint human-animal burials at Seminario Vescovile.
Unesco Releases Gaza Strip Damage Assessment Report
20 of the sites designated as of interest are located in Gaza City (Gaza Governorate), one in Jabalia and one in Rafah
Excavation at Kalavasos-Laroumena and Arkhangelos
The Kalavasos-Laroumena Archaeological project studies the Middle Cypriot Bronze Age (c. 2000-1650BC) in the Vasilikos Valley.
Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice
The volume explores what best practices in museum pedagogy look like when working with ancient Egyptian material culture.
The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped
Researchers are now able to state that “Vittrup Man” travelled across a wide geographical area during his lifetime.
Anthropologists’ research unveils Early Stone plaza in the Andes
Two University of Wyoming anthropology professors have discovered one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America.
Post-doc position in Greek epigraphy
The ERC project Pecunia “Private interests in public functions...” (Grant agreement 101088477) is opening a 2-year postdoctoral position.
Six 4-year, fully-funded PhD positions in Classics SNS PISA
The Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, encourages applications to its PhD programme in Classics.
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherers
When the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations.