Studies in Cultural Memory (CfP)
This special issue of The International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics welcomes research across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
Answer to restoring lost island biodiversity found in fossils
Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how fossils can be used to restore lost biodiversity.
The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities at the Britannic wreck
The ocean liner HMHS Britannic, sister ship of RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 due to a German underwater mine off the Greek island of Kea.
Eighty ancient Greek coins to be returned from Italy
Eighty ancient Greek coins to be returned from Italy on the margins of Culture ministers' informal meeting.
New hadrosaur noses into spotlight
The new dinosaur, named Rhinorex condrupus by paleontologists from North Carolina State University and Brigham Young University, lived in what is now Utah approximately 75 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.
The Caryatids do not seize to amaze us
The Amphipolis Caryatids were fully uncovered revealing a height of 2.27 meters...
The Bronze Age in Epirus (Part I)
The steep jutting features of the land combined with the demanding way of life spent in agricultural activities are what led to the “rough” character of the region’s material culture, as described in this article, based on the archaeological data so far brought to our attention.
Stonehenge elite’s finest treasures were made by children
A new research revealed that only children could have been able to embellish the finely decorated weapons and jewelry discovered at the Bush Barrow burial mound near Stonehenge.
A love story 700 years in the making
Archaeologists uncover skeletons holding hands and a plethora of relics at the 'lost' Chapel of St Morrell, UK.
5 of 6 Syrian World Heritage sites “exhibit significant damage”
5 of 6 Syrian World Heritage sites "exhibit significant damage" according to new high-resolution satellite image analysis by AAAS.
Learning through History
The 16th International Network of School Heritage Symposium will be held at the Sovereign Hill Museum, on March 25th-28th 2015.
Byzantine monastery in Beit Shemesh?
In recent weeks the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a large impressive compound dating to the Byzantine period in Ramat Beit Shemesh which includes an oil press, a wine press and mosaics.
I Tatti – RCAC Joint Fellowship
Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies and the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations of Koç University offer a joint, one-year fellowship.
Elaborate hairstyles puzzle archaeologists of Amarna Project
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a woman with a well-preserved elaborate hairstyle of more than 70 hair extensions during the excavations at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt.
New branch added to European family tree
Research in the last 10 years has revealed that almost all present-day Europeans descend from the mixing of early farmers and hunter gatherers. But it turns out that’s not the full story.
The Cirencester cockerel’s story
Cotswold Archaeology announced that the Cirencester cockerel will go on display at the Corinium Museum this month.
Past in the Present: A Living Heritage Approach – Meteora, Greece
The Past in the Present deals with the complexities in the operation and management of living heritage sites.
NOAA team reveals forgotten ghost ships off Golden Gate
A team of NOAA researchers confirmed the discovery just outside San Francisco’s Golden Gate strait of the 1910 shipwreck SS Selja and an unidentified early steam tugboat wreck tagged the “mystery wreck.”
Ottoman cannon recovered off Paralimni, Cyprus
On Sunday an Ottoman period cannon was recovered from an ancient shipwreck about three kilometres from the “Nisia” area in Protaras of the Paralimni Municipality.
Roman fort discovered in southern Germany
A first-century Roman fort was discovered in Gernsheim (southern Germany) by archaeologists from the Goethe University of Frankfurt in the course of an educational dig.
A spring forward for hominin evolution in East Africa
Freshwater springs fed with groundwater may have been key to hominin evolution, a new study reveals.
Stone Age Sailors: Paleolithic Seafaring in the Mediterranean
A presentation of the key evidence for prehistoric seafaring and island habitation worldwide.
Zakynthos shipwreck to be revisited
Archaeologists plan to revisit the 16th century shipwreck that had been located in the 1980s near the port of Zakynthos
Summer Feasts and Festivals
The feast day οf Ai Yiannis Liotropios (St John of the sunflower), also known as Fanistis, Rizikaris, or Kledonas is followed by a long series of celebrations/feasts and festivals all over Greece.