19th c. alcohol discovered in contemporary mineral water bottle
Elements of the spirit, which is still drinkable, were contained in a sealed stoneware bottle recovered in June from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, during the exploration of a shipwreck in Gdańsk Bay, close to the Polish coast.
Kourion ancient earthquake victims revisited
Human remains representing a family whose members all died during the earthquake have been revealed, while their home provided the excavators a real window to the past.
Amphipolis tomb soon to reveal its secrets
Archaeologists resume work at the massive funerary monument revealed at Kasta Hill near Amphipolis expecting for more amazing discoveries.
Roman in the Provinces
The exhibition "Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire" at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. opens August 22, 2014.
Corinth Museum Internship
The ASCSA announces a year-long paid internship in the School’s Corinth Excavations starting September 2014.
Decades-old amber collection offers new views of a lost world
The massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago yields fresh insights into ancient tropical insects and the world they inhabited.
Drawings and journals from the discovery of Tutankhamun on show for the first time
Documents from Oxford University's Griffith Institute which shed light on the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb have gone on display to the public, many for the first time in their history.
Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events
Dinosaurs might have survived if the asteroid that killed them had struck slightly earlier or later, scientists say.
DNA find reveals new insights into the history of cattle in Europe
The DNA of a cattle bone shows genetic traces of the European aurochs and thus adds a further facet to the history of cattle domestication.
World’s largest solar boat on Greek prehistory mission
The world's largest solar boat will embark on a Greek mission to find one of the oldest sites inhabited by man in Europe.
Prehistoric dairy farming at the extremes
Finland's love of milk has been traced back to 2500 BC thanks to high-tech techniques to analyse residues preserved in fragments of ancient pots.
Violent aftermath for the warriors at Alken Enge
Ritual violence was perpetrated on the corpses of the many warriors who fell in a major battle close to the Danish town of Skanderborg around the time Christ was born.
Modern Greek for Postgraduates of Greek Archaeology and Early Career Scholars
"Modern Greek for Postgraduates of Greek Archaeology and Early Career Scholars" is a two-week intensive course organized by the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens.
Full Moon at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum celebrates August Full Moon on Sunday 10 August 2014 with opera classics, film music and famous Greek melodies.
Nερό | Water
NEPO | WATER, a group exhibition of contemporary art and photography, will take place at the Old Primary School, Chora, Patmos, from 3-24 August 2014.
Smuggling ring arrested in Greece
A ring of illicit antiquities trade has been busted by the Greek police in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports after a two-month investigation.
Pasko Kuzman was sentenced to three years in jail
Pasko Kuzman, the former head of FYROM's Cultural Heritage Protection Office, has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Stolen Egyptian relief returns from Germany
A painted limestone relief that was stolen in the last century from the tomb of Sobekhotep was returned to Egypt from Germany last Wednesday.
A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales
A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales has been discovered in northeastern China.
EMAC 2015 ‐ 13th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics
The EMAC 2015 ‐ 13th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics will be held on 24-26 September 2015, in Athens, Greece.
CAMOC Annual Conference
The CAMOC Annual Conference will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden between 6 to 9 of August 2014.
The Collections in the Jewish Museum of Greece
Presentation of selected artifacts belonging to the collections of the Jewish Museum of Greece.
Earlier Stone Age artifacts found in Northern Cape of South Africa
Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the Northern Cape province of South Africa have produced tens of thousands of Earlier Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes and other tools.
Tracing Gestures
The conference "Tracing Gestures: The Art and Archaeology of Bodily Communication" will be held in November 2014 at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.