“Archaeology”’ s Top 10 for 2013
The list, reflecting the interests of the American wider audience -professional archaeologists and informed laypeople- concerning archaeology, is topped by the discovery of King Richard III's bones in Leicester.
The Dying Gaul
This exhibition marks the first time this work of antiquity has left Italy since 1797.
1,000 years of history to be digitised following unique appeal
A campaign to save ancient documents chronicling 1,000 years of history has succeeded after £1.2m was raised by the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in their first-ever joint appeal.
Easter Island: a success story?
According to a new theory, the inhabitants of Rapa Nui managed to take advantage of changes, positive and negative, that happened to the island and survived.
Beyond the Elephant Man: researching monsters
Digitised Diseases site makes 1,600 specimens of bones of deformed people available for doctors and members of the public to study for free.
The place of men and women in Neopalatial iconography
On Friday 13 December 2013, Dr. Matthew Haysom (Curator, Knossos, British School at Athens) will give the next lecture of the Minoan Seminar series.
Police bust group raiding Thracian tombs
Eight men from Sofia were arrested illegally excavating Thracian tombs near the town of Pernik.
Οldest evidence of Late Stone Age settlement on Cyprus
Artifacts found at an archaeological site in Cyprus support a new theory that humans occupied the tiny Mediterranean island about 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.
Roman architectural decoration
The CISEM, in collaboration with Simulacra Romae, is organizing a conference on Roman architectural decoration, on 21-24 March 2014, in Rome.
4,000 -Year -Old Chariot Found in Serbia
A two-horse chariot estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,000 years old has been located in the city of Pirot, Serbia
Amarna Girl Returns to Mallawi Museum
The 32 centimeter (12.6 inches) limestone statue reportedly depicts Princess Ankhesenpaaten, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
Archaeologist to Receive Prestigious Prize
Indefatigable Egyptian archaeologist Monica Hanna has been single-handedly exposing an incredible amount of looting in Egypt, even going so far as to confront some of the armed looters herself.
The prehistoric settlement on Koukonisi, Lemnos (Part 3)
So far, the excavation of the site has supplied an important chipped stone material, in terms of number and technology, which comes from the Early Bronze and mainly the Middle Bronze Age layers.
Ancient skeleton found in North Yorkshire sewer trench
An ancient skeleton, thought to date back to Roman Britain, has been discovered in a sewer trench in Norton.
Ancient Dogs Found Buried in Pots in Egypt
The first five pot burials of dogs ever found are analyzed by AUC Prof. Salima Ikram, offering insights over the cult and burial practices of the past.
New finds from the Mentor shipwreck
This year’s excavation season at the Mentor shipwreck in Kythera has been completed, bringing to light significant findings, among which two fragments of Egyptian origin.
DNA From A 400,000 Hominin: a Great Leap Forward
DNA of hominin from Sima de los Huesos is related to the mitochondrial genome of Denisovans, extinct relatives of Neanderthals in Asia.
France returns five ancient artefacts to Egypt
Three of the pieces are the head, torso and arms of a glass statue of a human found by French archaeologists in 2010.
Deeper Underground the Valley of the Kings
The Ministry of State for Antiquities in Egypt based project has succeeded in bringing about new features of the famous New Kingdom pharaonic necropolis, as well as the potential for new astonishing finds there
Wall crumbled in Pompeii
Since 2010, at least a dozen buildings at the UNESCO World Heritage site have crumbled.
Guatemala Recovers Mayan Artifact from U.S.
The Guatemalan government announced the repatriation from the United States of a Mayan panel dating from the classic period, 250-900.