Gods, myths and mortals traveling across the seas and through time
Commencing in 2014 and continuing for an unprecedented ten years, the Hellenic Museum of Melbourne plays host to a magnificent permanent collection from Greece’s most iconic cultural institution, the Benaki Museum.
Political terror and social decadence in Europe between the Wars
The exhibition "Solomon Nikritin - George Grosz: Political terror and social decadence in Europe between the Wars" is opening on June 4, 2014 in Thessaloniki.
The earliest dental prosthesis of Western Europe?
The discovery of an iron pin in place of an upper incisor tooth from a burial in northern France may represent one of the earliest examples of a dental implant in Western Europe.
A sudden switch ‘from heads to tails’
London’s international fish trade can be traced back 800 years to the medieval period, according to new research published today in the journal Antiquity.
7,000-year-old mummy found in Chile
A group of students have discovered a 7,000-year-old mummy believed to belong to the Chinchorro culture. The Chinchorro mummies are the oldest examples of artificially mummified human remains.
Old and New Powers: Boiotian International Relations from Philip II to Augustus
Fully funded PhD position in Ancient History at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).
Phaistos and the Western Mesara plain in the Protopalatial period
Next Minoan Seminar to be presented on Friday, May 20, by Ilaria Caloi (Université Catholique de Louvain).
In the shadow of Leicester Cathedral
The University of Leicester has retained the right to proceed with the reinterment of King Richard III in Leicester.
The Phoenician Archive of Idalion
On June 2, 2014, Dr Maria Hadjicosti and Dr Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo will give a lecture on "The Phoenician Archive of Idalion."
Aigeiros lecture series
Lectures proposals for the months of October to December 2014 should be submitted by July 15, 2014.
Violence as a means to structure the epic narrative
The lecture given by Evelyn Syré aims at interpreting the revenant victims of illegitimate violence in Silius Italicus' Punica as a deliberate intratextual means to structure the epic narrative.
From Saqqara to Budapest and Paris
Five ancient Egyptian artefacts that were smuggled out of the country in 2002 were located Fine Arts Museum in Budapest and on the brochure of an auction hall in Paris.
Cyprus Banknotes. Environment-History-Folk Art
An exhibition on Cyprus banknotes, organized by the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, will be on show until 30 June 2015.
Meet the Mummies!
The exhibition "Ancient Lives - New Discoveries" has opened in the British Museum...
Routes and Resources in the Bronze Age Cyclades
Seminar about the 50 years of archaeological research in the Bronze Age Cyclades.
The chorus’ leader of the drama “Electra” in two vase paintings
This brief presentation underlines the utility of literary sources’ contribution to the iconographic material’s interpretation and iconography’s usefulness to the philological texts’ comprehension.
The last Crusader
Fascinating wall paintings recounting Jerusalem’s Crusader history were revealed while organizing the storerooms in Saint-Louis Hospital near the Old City.
Iklaina and the formation of Mycenaean States
The 7th meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar will be presented by Dr. Michael B. Cosmopoulos, Professor of Archaeology, University of Missouri-St. Louis Fellow, Academy of Sciences St. Louis.
7,000-year-old rock art found in Spain
Archaeologists in eastern Spain have discovered 12 prehistoric rock paintings depicting hunting scenes from 7,000 years ago.
EU Council Conclusions on Cultural Heritage adopted
For the first time ever, the Council of the European Union has adopted Conclusions on cultural heritage as a strategic resource for a sustainable Europe.
Antifascism and Resistance in World War II
The International Conference "Resistance and the Jews in Europe 1949-1945" is organized by the Jewish Museum of Greece and will take place in Athens on 29 and 30 May 2014.