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Cat domestication

Cat domestication

How much do we know about the process of cat domestication? A new study provides the earliest known evidence for mutualistic relationships between people and cats.
The Marking War

The Marking War

The case was enough to highlight a number of cases where academic lecturers had been pressurized by their universities in similar ways and for similar reasons.
Neandertals did bury their dead

Neandertals did bury their dead

Neanderthals buried their dead, a new research of remains discovered in southwestern France concludes.
UNESCO Sounds Alarm On Looting in Syria

UNESCO Sounds Alarm On Looting in Syria

UNESCO admit they have no detailed image on the extent of looting, yet they issued a "red list" of types of artifacts to alert museums, collectors and auction houses.
The “Mediaeval Sistine Chapel” to reopen to public

The “Mediaeval Sistine Chapel” to reopen to public

As the restoration programme at the 5th church of Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum moves to completion, the monument is expected to reopen to public in spring.
Appeal to Greek Prime Minister not to devaluate professional tourist guides

Appeal to Greek Prime Minister not to devaluate professional tourist guides

The Panhellenic Tourist Guide Federation (POXEN) has launched a petition in order to urge the Greek government to reconsider its policy towards tourist guide profession and training.
Nobel prize winner accuses top science journals of “tyranny”

Nobel prize winner accuses top science journals of “tyranny”

Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process.
Clues From a Tombstone

Clues From a Tombstone

Glimpses into the life of an ancient Israelite woman through the course of a semester.
The Museum of Cycladic Art launches the Cyprus Seminar

The Museum of Cycladic Art launches the Cyprus Seminar

Aiming at the wider dissemination of knowledge about ancient Cyprus, the Museum of Cycladic Art is starting a new series of public talks titled “Cyprus Seminar: Recent developments in the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean”.
Baby Care Messapian-Style

Baby Care Messapian-Style

Featuring pointy ears and human-like eyes, the pig-shaped guttus featured terracotta rattles in its tummy to apparently encourage the baby to sleep after the meal.
Archaeological research in eastern Achaea

Archaeological research in eastern Achaea

The ongoing large-scale technical works in Achaea during the last five years, i.e. the construction of the Olympia Hodos (Olympia Motorway) and the New Railway Track from Athens to Patras (section Kiato-Rododaphni) prompted extensive archaeological investigations.
Leopard Figure Revealed in Denizli

Leopard Figure Revealed in Denizli

A wall-painting depicting a leopard has been found by archaeologists working at the ancient city of Tripolis in Buldan district, Denizli, Turkey.
A Tomb of Chimú Nobles in Pictures

A Tomb of Chimú Nobles in Pictures

A testament to the power that the ancestors had over Chimú-Inca nobility and Andean society.
Two Greco-Roman Tombs Excavated in Qantara East

Two Greco-Roman Tombs Excavated in Qantara East

The necropolis was subjected to illegal excavation which forced the Ministry of State for Antiquities to immediate begin its own excavation there.
US graduate student, postdoctoral and junior scholar fellowships

US graduate student, postdoctoral and junior scholar fellowships

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announces the availability of US graduate student, postdoctoral and junior scholar fellowships in support of research and mentoring activities in the South Caucasus.
Linear B in Bavaria?

Linear B in Bavaria?

The 3rd meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar.
Did Greek Sculpture Inspire Terracotta Warriors?

Did Greek Sculpture Inspire Terracotta Warriors?

Now, new research points to ancient Greek sculpture as the inspiration for the emperor's afterlife army.
Embodied Identities: Figural and Symbolic Representation of the Self in Anatolia

Embodied Identities: Figural and Symbolic Representation of the Self in Anatolia

The two-day workshop will be hosted at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Koç University, in Taksim, on June 7 and 8, 2014.
Gender and Transgression in the Middle Ages

Gender and Transgression in the Middle Ages

Entering into its sixth year, this conference welcomes participation from postgraduate, postdoctoral and early career researchers interested in the focal themes of gender studies or more general ideas of transgression in the mediaeval period.
“Archaeology”’ s Top 10 for 2013

“Archaeology”’ s Top 10 for 2013

The list, reflecting the interests of the American wider audience -professional archaeologists and informed laypeople- concerning archaeology, is topped by the discovery of King Richard III's bones in Leicester.
The Dying Gaul

The Dying Gaul

This exhibition marks the first time this work of antiquity has left Italy since 1797.
1,000 years of history to be digitised following unique appeal

1,000 years of history to be digitised following unique appeal

A campaign to save ancient documents chronicling 1,000 years of history has succeeded after £1.2m was raised by the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in their first-ever joint appeal.
Easter Island: a success story?

Easter Island: a success story?

According to a new theory, the inhabitants of Rapa Nui managed to take advantage of changes, positive and negative, that happened to the island and survived.
Authentication in Art

Authentication in Art

International Congress on the Authenticity of Paintings.
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