CIDOC Summer School
CIDOC, the ICOM International Committee for Documentation, in collaboration with the Museum of Texas Tech University, is planning an innovative programme of training seminars: the CIDOC Summer School.
Qumran Material Study Yields New Finds
An ongoing study on palaeographical material located at the famous site of Qumran during the fifties yielded nine more manuscript scrolls bearing biblical text.
Recent excavations at Karystos-Plakari
On Thursday, March 6, 2014, Dr Jan Paul Crielaard (VU University Amsterdam) will give a lecture at the Netherlands Institute at Athens.
New Kingdom Tombs Brought to Light at Elephantine
Four officials' tombs of New Kingdom date were found at Elephantine, addint up to the island's archaeological record.
Life and Death of an Incan Twentysomething
Reserchars believe that the lady's fellow Inca demonstrated a uniquely practical way of thinking, choosing her as an offering as her death was certain due to her poor health.
The State in the Balkans
"The State in the Balkans: Public Service Institutions, their Role and Development. Balkan Futures Workshop II" will be held at the British School at Athens, on March 6-7 2014.
Museums and Innovations
ICME (the International Committee for Museums of Ethnography), an international committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), will hold its 2014 annual conference on 14-16 October, 2014 in Zagreb, Croatia.
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award PhD Studentship for Research in Classical Archaeology
The British Museum and the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London, are pleased to invite applications for a fully funded doctoral studentship
awarded to Birkbeck and the British Museum under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme.
CAMOC Annual Conference
CAMOC (the ICOM Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities) invites proposals for its 10th annual conference, in Göteborg, Sweden, 6 - 8 August 2014.
Over His Dead Body
As the University of Leicester proceeds with sequencing Richard's III DNA, the groups of amateur enthusiasts who triggered the quest leading to the body's discovery raise claims on the late King's present and future.
Spatial organization in Minoan and Mycenaean architecture
The 4th meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar. Professor Clairy Palyvou will give a lecture on the “Principles of spatial organization in Minoan and Mycenaean architecture.”
The graffiti on the Propylaia of the Acropolis at Athens
The Annual Lecture in Memory of Manolis Chatzidakis (1909-1998) will be given by Tassos Tanoulas.
Colour Through Grecoroman Eyes
"Ancient colour was very subtle, very sophisticated, very versatile but it functioned along different parameters from how we think colour works", says Nottingham researcher Mark Bradley.
The Sarcophagoi of Iulia Concordia
Floods swept detritus and sediment across the area of Venice in the 5th century AD, rendering the ancient structures of Iulia Concordia inaccessible and invisible for 1500 years.
The One Who Got Away: Papyrus Confirming State Cult Affiliation Discovered
Many inhabitants of the Roman Empire are known to have died, denouncing polytheism, as being Christian. But what if one had accepted to sacrifice to the idols, following the imperial command?
Neolithic Evidence of Formal Worship Found in Shimao
So far, archaeologists have collected jade samples for further research, while excavation on the altar itself has not started yet.
Excavating an Anglo Norman Castle in Northern Ireland
Archaeologists have started test excavations at Carrickfergus Castle in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland (UK), aiming to find out more about the 800-year-old fortification.
Restoring Tralleis
Restorations focus on a columned road and a monumental entrance to the city's gymnasium.
A Silver Treasure and a Mystery Flee
Why the treasure was not retrieved, and apparently not even hidden, is a mystery.
Thales or Hippodamos?
Alexander Herda will give a lecture entitled "Thales or Hippodamos? Agora and town planning in Miletos before and after the Persian Wars".
Free Online Course on Ancient Nubia and Sudan
Online lectures by Peter Lacovara (in English, with English subtitles available) will begin from the 30th of April 2014. To attend, you must sign up at the Coursera platform.
A proposal for the enhancement and ideal administration of monuments in the town of Trikala (Part II)
Description of the operations already carried out on the monuments or scheduled to be realized in the near future for the protection and enhancement of the monument sites in Trikala and additional proposals.
Roman Hoard Found in German Forest
Archaeologists who examined the hoard say this might be the largest and most important collection of Late Antiquity artefacts ever found in a German site. It is estimated that the collection as a whole worth more than €1 million.
Early Saxon Burial Found in Haddenham
The bodies discovered are believed to date back to the early Saxon period and included both men and women, young and old, and in many cases adorned with precious objects