Two Europa Nostra Awards for Greece
The Europa Nostra Awards 2013 have been announced. Greece won two prizes, one in the category “Conservation”, the other in the category of “Dedicated Service”.
Alexandria before Alexandria
New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, was examined at an international conference at the University of Oxford.
Tomb raiding Egyptian-style in Dahshur
Archaeologists say the elimination of Mubarak's police services left a security vacuum and an open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal.
No fence for the Academy of Athens
The members of the Central Council for Modern Monuments have opposed to the idea of fencing the Academy of Athens, arguing that an enclosure would distort the public character of the institution.
Cat-Paw Prints Found on Medieval Manuscript
While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, University of Sarajevo doctoral student Emir O. Filipović stumbled upon a familiar set of splotches marring the centuries-old pages. Years ago, a mischievous kitty had left her ink-covered prints
New lighting for the Lindos Acropolis
The new lighting will substitute the existing one, which apart from being old and unsuitable, causes light pollution and consumes too much energy.
Teaching Position for Classical Historians and Archaeologists
Candidates with a PhD in a relevant field and excellent command of English should send in their application to the Department of History before 15 April 2013.
Μycenaean finds from Aiani and upper Macedonia
The 5th meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar will be held on Thursday, March 28th.
Cultures of 8,000 years and…”four lakes”
Elements from a culture that lasted for more than 8,000 years come to light through the widespread and perennial archaeological excavation in the "four lakes" area of Amyntaio, Florina.
Olympia exhibition travels to Qatar
The exhibition titled “Olympics – Past and Present” travels to Qatar, after being shown in Berlin from August 2012 to January 2013.
Pre-Viking tunic found inside melting glacier
A pre-Viking woollen tunic found beside a thawing glacier in south Norway.
Greek History and Culture Seminars in Melbourne
The seminar series was launched on Thursday 21st March and will be running until the end of May.
Exploring the Byzantine World
Providing digital interactive services for the promotion of Byzantine culture the new portal offers to students and adults, tourists and web visitors, specialists or not, a unique chance: to get acquainted to the byzantine world, especially to the everyday life of people, in a way both interesting and reliable.
ASCSA to continue excavations at the site of Stoa Poikile
The Central Archaeological Council has given the green light to the request of the ASCSA, giving priority to a significant archaeological site with many monuments.
Revealing a Neolithic household
A lecture for “House 1” at Dikili Tash, where the oldest wine making site in Europe was revealed.
Karabournaki 2012
The results of the 2012 excavational season at Karabournaki will be presented today in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
New finds at Aigai
Three impressive funerary monuments which might open a new chapter to the study of the evolution of the so-called Macedonian Tombs have been discovered.
Street uncovered in Agora of Smyrna
Turkish archaeologists have revealed a street similar to the Arcadian street of Ephesus in İzmir during excavations at a nearby historical agora.
The Delphi hippodrome has been located
“It was springtime; the place was full of yellow flowers and while we were making our first reconnaissance survey to the north, our glance stopped at a point over the olive grove where the yellow flowers looked as if laying in curves, one on top of the other. The slope had an almost theatrical aspect, reminding directly the hippodrome’s sphendone”.
Explorers find evidence of 2,500-year-old planned city
Discovery being billed as India’s biggest archaeological find in at least half a century.
Vergina 2012: The excavation at the ‘Tsakiridis’ Section
New and interesting finds which confirm the assumptions of previous excavation seasons about the ancient city of Aigai during the Late Hellenistic and Early Imperial period.
Syria’s ancient Palmyra on brink of destruction
It has been reported that Assad forces have struck the Roman Temple of Bel, the Fakhreddine II citadel, Al-Basateen and the Monumental Arch, while the city's museum has been looted.
Digging Pella, a trade and administrative centre
New data from the university's excavational programme in Pella's Agora will be presented by Prof. Ioannis Akamatis and his colleagues during the annual Conference for the Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace.