From Atlantis to Leviathan
Evidence of human presence found by RAS researchers in the maritime area now covered by the gas field known as Leviathan.
The Holy See enters the digital era
The Vatican Apostolic Library and the Japanese technology company NTT Data Corporation signed an agreement for a digital archiving project.
Could Pompeii Be Rescued Following Herculaneum’s Example?
The Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project (PSPP), is taking inspiration from the HCP
VIIIth International Workshop for Doctoral Students
The workshop will take place in Madrid between 16 and 20 June 2014.
The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great
Exhibition covering more than 5,000 years of Greek culture, from the Neolithic Period to the Age of Alexander the Great.
Just Like the Pharaohs
Were the tomb's "eponymous" tenants emulating the names of their contemporary celebrities or they were just "children of their time" bearing usual names?
Meandering through Late Minoan III Crete, Proust, Pottery, and Palaces
Wandering back towards some early, 'non scientific,' understandings of the politics of Late Minoan CreteLecture on the path of Proust... The lecture will be given on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 7.00 p.m. at DIKEMES/CYA in Athens.
Enhancement and Management of Cultural Heritage (Part 2)
Archaeological documentation and evaluation of Palaiochora in Aegina
How Romans Lived in Maryport?
Archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology (OA) and a team of volunteers carry out the survey and excavation, while, at the same time, a a team from Newcastle University is also working in another part of the site.
Egyptian Museum Gets Former Government Party Hedquarter’ s Land
After the building's demolition, the land is to be turned into a 'garden' or 'park'associated with the museum.
The Quaestiones ad Antiochum ducem
Lecture by Dr Ilse de Vos (King’s College London & Early Career Fellow, BSA).
Annual Meeting of the Swedish Institute
The Work of the Swedish Institute in 2013 and a lecture about climate, environment and past societies.
A Viking Twilight Compass
When used with a pair of crystals, or sunstones, and a wooden slab, the disc works as a compass within four degrees of error.
Byzantine Coin Hoard Found in Deir el-Bakhit
The hoard consists of two different kinds of denominations: 18 are solidi, 11 are so called tremissis coins (equal one third of a solidus). The deposit was found in a Coptic chapel that was installed in a Pharaonic tomb.
The Land of Fertility
The international conference welcomes all Post-graduated researchers in the subject-area of Archaeology, History, Art History, Culture & Religion Studies who are interested in issues related to ancient Egypt (especially Delta region), Cyprus, Levant, Mesopotamia and Persia.
Beyond the Amazons
During the early 1990s, a joint U.S.-Russian team of archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery while excavating 2,000-year-old burial mounds—known as kurgans—outside Pokrovka, a remote Russian outpost in the southern Ural Steppes.
Matisse returns to previous owner’s heirs
Henri Matisse’s painting "Profil bleu devant la cheminée" (Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace) dated 1937, to be returned to art dealer Paul Rosenberg’s heirs. The painting is no longer on display at HOK.
Amenhotep III Rises Again in Kom el Hetan
Two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III recently revealed by archaeologists led by Dr. Hourig Sourouzian in Kom el Hetan, in Luxor, Egypt, have been finally raised again, adding to the well-known pair known as "The Colossi of Memnon".
Diverting the rivers and taming the lakes
On Thursday, 27th March 2014, Dr. Elena Kountouri will give a lecture entitled “Diverting the rivers and taming the lakes: The Mycenaean water management system in the North Kopais after the recent systematic investigations”.
2nd Summer School in Ancient Technology and Crafts
The aim of this 2-week intensive school is to make the participants more acquainted with aspects of ancient technologies by providing up-to-date knowledge presented and discussed by the experts of the relevant fields.
In Remembrance of Me
Exhibition at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago shows how the living cared for the dead and how the ancients conceptualized the idea of the human soul in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant.
Dimitrios Kaloumenos
One of the greatest figures of Greek photojournalism, known to the journalist community by the nickname "the man from Constantinople."