Save Sekhemka
The way that the museum has decided to sell this asset to pay for other activities has raised an ethical issue...
One secret of ancient amber revealed
"Inside Amber: The Structural Role of Succinic Acid in Class Ia and Class Id Resinite" is a recently published study which reveals the gemstone's secret architecture.
Save Syria’s historic sites from oblivion
The BBC has published a series of APSA photographs documenting this "other" casualty of war.
The ‘Amazonian savannah’ before the rainforest
Large parts of the Amazon basin may have supported farming communities and looked more like open savannah than rainforest, prior to the arrival of Europeans in South America.
Çatalhöyük Research Project: Collected Volumes 7-10
Çatalhöyük Excavations presents the results of the excavations that took place at the site from 2000 to 2008 when the main aim was to understand the social geography of the settlement, its layout and social organization.
Roads of Arabia
"Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" opens October 24, 2014 and will run through January 18, 2015 at the San Francisco's Asian Art Museum.
Becoming a Citizen and Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America
The Ephebe’s Journey Workshop "Becoming a Citizen and Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America" will take place on August 1-2, 2014. It is organized by the Center for Hellenic Studies - Harvard University.
Scanning mummies from the Temple of Hatshepsut
The scientists from the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Preservation Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut are using computed tomography and X-ray to study more than 2.5 thousand years old mummies of the priests of the god Montu.
Column bases may represent lost Urartu temple
Column bases may represent lost Urartu temple, according to a recent presentation given at the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, held at the University of Basel in Switzerland.
Modern humans emerged from complex “labyrinth of biology and peoples”
Re-examination of a circa 100,000-year-old archaic early human skull found 35 years ago in Northern China has revealed the surprising presence of an inner-ear formation long thought to occur only in Neandertals.
Skeletal remains found at a late-Roman villa in England
A new archaeological find uncovered at the Durotriges site in Dorset could help to shed light on the rural elite of late-Roman Britain.
Polish archaeologists discovered medieval bath in Shkodër
Polish archaeologists discovered a fourteenth-century bath in Shkodër - the oldest object of this type studied so far in Albania.
Politiko-Troullia: An archaeological window on the farming and mining communities
The results from Politiko-Troullia open an archaeological window on the farming and mining communities that provided the foundation for urbanized civilization on Cyprus.
Ancient Athamania – Byzantine Tzemerniko – Modern Tzoumerka
The Tzoumerka region's long and eventful history from the Bronze Age until it was annexed to the newly formed Greek State in 1881.
Global criminal trafficking network for ancient art revealed
Global criminal trafficking network for ancient art revealed in the first ever empirical study on the matter by researchers at the University of Glasgow.
Interbreeding helped modern humans adapt to new environment
Interbreeding helped modern humans adapt to new environment, according to a new report by University of California, Berkeley, scientists.
Sistine Chapel to increase its visitors
The Sistine Chape is expected to triple its visitors to view Renaissance frescoes, after a new climate control system is installed this autumn.
Parthenon marbles to be separated for the second time
A major British Museum exhibition examining the Greek body next spring is expected to stir up feelings on the most famous and bitterly contested Greek sculptures in the world.
11th-Dynasty chapel found in Abydos
An 11th Dynasty Egyptian chapel was found at the Arabet Abydos area in Sohag by an excavation mission from the Ministry of Antiquities and Heritage (MAH).
Changes in skin’s barrier set Northern Europeans apart
Changes in skin’s barrier set Northern Europeans apart, a new study suggests questioning the role of skin pigment in enabling survival at higher latitudes.
Insects: A key factor in the development of uniquely human skills
Insects may have been a key factor in the development of uniquely human skills, suggests research from Washington University in St. Louis.
The Colosseum was a huge condominium in the Middle Ages
In the late Middle Ages, Rome's Colosseum was a huge condominium, says the latest archaeological investigation into Rome's most iconic monument.
Oxford University Museums to receive nearly £4.5 million over three years
Oxford University Museums have been awarded £1.45 million per year for three years from 2015 by Arts Council England.
Mystery behind Disappearance of Persian Army Solved
The mystery behind the disappearance of a Persian army of 50,000 men in the Egyptian desert around 524 BC seems to have been solved.