Settlement history of Byzantine Attica (4th-12th c.)
Dr Elli Τzavella, Postdoc Researcher at the Leiden University, will give the next Dialogos Lecture at the NIA.
Rock art destruction incident alarms Spanish cultural authorities
A 5,000-year old piece of rock art was chipped off the surface it covered at the Los Escolares Cave, a Unesco protected site near the town of Quesada in Spain's Andalusia region.
Two towers and a basilica in Bursa
The ruins came to light when excavating a tower (dubbed A) which is part of the walls in TopHane.
Art in France through the lens of fourteen cultures
JocondeLab incorporates the whole collections of the French National Museums in a digital catalogue, in fact, the 300, 000 detailed records retrieved from the Joconde Catalogue.
From moving a stone to building a pyramid
Pyramid builders only needed to dampen the sand in front of the sled on which blocks were placed, to reduce the friction caused by pulling it, making it easier to move.
The Body: lived experiences in ancient Cyprus
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Communications and Works, announces the opening of the temporary exhibition “The Body: lived experiences in ancient Cyprus” at the Cyprus Museum, Lefkosia, on the 17th of May 2014 at 19:00.
Pirates from Algiers, the ‘‘Cat eater’’ and the bridge of Arta
In the following article, the most famous, perhaps, of all bridges in Greece will be presented as well as its manner of construction and the legends surrounding it.
Oriental Institute Collections Research Grant
Applications are open to students enrolled in a relevant Master’s Degree or Ph.D Program (i.e. graduate student level), as well as to established professional researchers with a University affiliation.
EES Schoraships for Egyptian nationals
Applications should be submitted no later than 2.00 pm on Thursday 29 May.
Postgraduate scholarship at Bristol
Scholarship in Classics covering the full fees for a UK/EU student or the equivalent amount for an overseas student. To be considered, you must have received an offer of a place at the University of Bristol and accepted it by Friday 30th May.
Heroic burials from Palaipaphos
Efstathios Raptou (Archaeological Officer, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus) will give a lecture about the heroic burials from Palaipaphos in the framework of the Cyprus Seminar series of the Cycladic Art Museum.
The Echt Hoard: a Late Roman treasure from the edge of the Empire
It was made of silver and gold and consisted of coins, jewellery and tableware to be used by a 5th c. chieftain, loyal to the Romans, who led an area on the egde of the Roman Empire.
Crowd-sourcing Britain’s Bronze Age
Help the British Museum to catalogue and model a fantastic collection of Bronze Age metal artefacts!
Cambridge University museums to stay open to after dark
Exhibits will take on a new life after dark as museums across Cambridge open their doors after dark on May 16.
Ireland’s Troy?
As Ireland marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf new research argues that our main source for what happened may be more literary history than historical fact.
Hidden images and lost cities
Αtlas featuring spy-satellite photos taken between 1960 and 1972 in the framework of the CORONA Project, which aimed to shield the US from Soviet nuclear attacks.
50th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Conference aiming to encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies.
Out of the Margins
A conference to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Marginalia: the journal of the Cambridge Medieval Reading Group Faculty of English, University of Cambridge.
New evidence about the monumental ecclesiastical complex at Katalymmata ton Plakoton
A second three-aisled basilica was revealed at the site Katalymmata ton Plakoton of the Akrotiri peninsula in Cyprus.
KV 40: a royal harem of the underworld
Basel Egyptologists reveal five-chamber tomb containing mummified remains of Egyptian and foreign ladies as well as royal sons and daughters of Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III.
Saitic Dynasty tombs discovered at Oxyrhynchus
Fish, sarcophagoi and a portrait of Jesus reported as found.
Head of a male figurine
The 33rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Preveza and Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta present the exhibit of the month, the head of a male figurine probably depicting Apollo.
Revealing Akrai in Sicily
Portable artefacts of significant artistic importance have been revealed in the residential quarters of the ancient city of Akrai, in the in the south-eastern part of Sicily,
International Committee for Regional Museums 2014 Annual Conference
The conference will be an assembly for discussions on how museums create bonds between visitors, generations and world-wide cultures through use of their collections.