Transformation and Adaptation
Deadline for applications: March, 30th 2014.Abstracts (200 words max) should be sent to the conference secretary.
You Would Meet A Tall, Thin Man
Skeleton's dimensions actually match descriptions of Charlemagne as a tall, thin, older man.
Investigations in the Early Bronze Age of the Kouphonisia
In the framework of the Cycladic Seminar series, archaeologist and ephor emerita of antiquities in the Greek Archaeological Service, Photini Zapheiropoulou will give a lecture on the "Investigations in the Early Bronze Age of the Kouphonisia."
Activities of the Directorate for the Documentation and Protection of Cultural Property
The Directorate for the Documentation and Protection of Cultural Property (DTPPA) is a service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports under the Directorate General of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage.
Rome’s Earliest Known Temple Revealed
Archaeologists had to fight with nature in order to reveal the temple' s ruins
Portugal Opposition Set Against Miro Collection Sale
The auction of the works of the famous Spanish Catalan artist is to form part of Christie's "The Art of the Surreal and Impressionist/Modern" sale (London, 4-5 February 2014).
The Sunken Basilica of Bursa
Staring above the lake of İznik in Bursa, Turkey, one can clearly see the detailed plan of a church of the Early Byzantine(Palaeo-Christan) period whose ruins still survive at the lake’s bottom. The impressive image was revealed during an aerial photography
E. Frood, A. McDonald (eds.), Decorum and Experience
Festschrift to honour Egyptologist Prof. John Bains, with essays on ancient Egyptian thinking as detected through texts, iconography and their combination in Egyptian works of art.
Statue of Female Pharaoh’s Favourite Identified
Senenmut is known to have commissioned numerous statues of himself (25 known today). Could this be statue no 26?
“Fake” El Greco on view in Toledo major exhibition
Art expert Antonio Garcia has produced a 60-page report which states the 16th century painting “Lady in a Fur Wrap” was not created by the artist El Greco.
Mapping Antioch’s Influence
A research team from the University of Cincinatti, US, managed to visualize the political borders of the ancient metropolis of Antioch using technological elements provided by Google Earth.
The Monuments of Kephalonia after the Quake
Damages were detected in the Argostoli Museum's building and permanent collection, the Castle of St. George and several Byzantine churches.
Two new poems of Sappho
A newly uncovered papyrus has yielded two previously unknown poems of 7th century BC poetess Sappho.
Thessaloniki’s Metro Antiquities: an update
Central Archaeological Council of Greece (known as KAS) agreed on detaching and repositioning of the Venizelou Station antiquities as a whole group in the same spot.
“Tracing” Tholos Tombs in Aetolo-Acarnania
Α lecture by archaeologist Ileana Siori, at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
Islamic Art Museum in Cairo Seriously Damaged
The blast destroyed the façade of the building, a number of ceilings as well as artefacts.
How to Build Noah’s Ark
A recently translated Babylonian cuneiform tablet bearing instructions on how to build an Ark is soon to be displayed at the British Museum, where it is kept since the end of WWII.
A Truthful Record
The films created by the Byzantine Institute between the 1930s and 1940s by combining them with archival records from the collection The Byzantine Institute and Dumbarton Oaks Fieldwork Records and Papers.
Did the Minoans Sacrifice Humans?
Evidence of a Minoan human sacrifice in the form of a girl's skull came to light during recent excavations in Chania, Crete.
Statuette of Aphrodite
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 Aphrodite.
“Cenae maiores” in Greco-Roman Kissamos
This article investigates the dietary habits and choices available to the affluent social classes in Roman imperial times. It is inspired by the relief decoration on a marble table support.
Grain Storage Revealed at Çatalhöyük
The room in which the discovery belonged to a larger residential building, inhabited 8,200 years ago.
1,500-Year-Old Church and Mosaic Discovered
Names of the Virgin Mary, Jesus and the mosaic donors survining among geometric and botanical patterns. Basilica is the first church to be found in the area.