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
Museum Work – Working for Museums
The EMAC 2014 Conference will take place on 6-10 July 2014 in Munich (Germany). The title of the conference is “Museum Work – Working for Museums.”
Preservation of the Institute of Classical Archaeology and the Collection of Antiquities of Leipzig University
On 21 January 2014 the Rectorate of Leipzig University announced without prior notice that it will close the Institut für Klassische Archäologie in Leipzig. German archaeologists have launched a petition against this "destructive" decision.
Same River, Different Waters: Official Dining in the Agora
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.
Archaeologists with bodyguards in Iraq
Despite Iraq's troubles, archaeologists are back in Ur, one of the world's oldest cities.
China’s Sunken City Becomes a Divers’ Paradise
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.
Vandalism Goes On in Syria
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.
Sea People Presence at Tell Abu al-Kharaz
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.
Postgraduate programme in Field Archaeology on Land and Under the Sea
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.