Did the habits of consumption at the Tholos require sophisticated social competence like that needed to succeed at elite symposia? Lecture about the dining customs of the Prytaneis in the Athenian Agora.
A sunken city in China is to become an underwater archaeological site after authorities found its impressive ruins were surviving in good condition underwater, 60 years after its demise.
Destruction of cultural heritage in Syria goes on by individuals engaging in vandalisms regardless of religious, ethnic or political identity, although such identities are often stated as the reason behind certain incidents.
Biblical records mentioning the location of Philistines far from their historic homeland along the shores of southern Israel (I Samuel 31) are often seen as a seeming anomaly in the Bible. However, the new finds come to support the opposite.
Ten (10) places are open for the new postgraduate programme in Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea at the University of Cyprus for the winter semester of 2014/15.
The 33rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Preveza and Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta present the exhibit of the month: a statuette of Artemis.
The NARNIA research network announces the organisation of the international conference, entitled: “Interdisciplinary Studies of Ancient Materials from the Mediterranean.”
The deceased appears to have been strong and physically active but her oral hyhiene was poor. Her burial, accompanied with a clay beaker shows the region's importance during the Bronze Age.
The Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project has managed to reveal several quartzite blocks which come from the well-worn statue and identify them with parts of its arm, belt and skirt as well as its crown.
The survey included scanning the underwater site -especially the rite room and naves- , taking measurements and photos and keeping records of further technical details.
“Burials of dogs have been found in archaeological contexts, but in this case, it is not associated with any construction or a human burial", archaeologists say.
According to local archaeologists the grave dates back to the 6th or 7th century AD, while the burial style, reflecting the need to optimize space in view of more deaths, might be connected to an epidemic.
This exhibition dedicated to Augustus celebrates two thousand years from his death at Nola (Campania) on the 19th of August 14 AD. Dr. Annalisa Lo Monaco will present it in the framework of the Roman Seminar series.
The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint to a Temporary Lectureship in Classics from 01 September 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. Closing date: 12 noon, Wednesday 12th March 2014.
The texts are "further proof that teaching and learning took place there, and confirm that they belong to the only building so far discovered from antiquity that was certainly a school and showed educational activities.