From Xirokambi (Laconia) to Shanghai
The excavation of Aghios Vassilios was presented during the inaugural Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF), held from the 23rd through the 26th of August 2013 in Shanghai.
The Living World of Animals in Antiquity
Organisers: Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Sian Lewis (University of St Andrews).
Mount Sinai monastery latest victim of Egypt’s upheavals
St. Catherine's Monastery on Sinai is now closed for visitors and the whole area suffers.
Life and death of a Sarmatian nobleman
A Sarmatian burial mound excavated this summer in Russia’s Southern Ural steppes has yielded magnifiscent artefacts including a cast bronze cauldron, objects of precious metals, and 395 pieces of gold leaf which used to be sewn on the deceased's garment.
Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections
Premieres at National Gallery of Art, Washington from October 6, 2013, through March 2, 2014.
Roman Soldier’s Chain Mail Found at Battle Scene
The chain mail, which was found in several fragments, consists of thousands of small chain links with a diameter of about six millimetres.
Sunset at Montmajour
The Van Gogh Museum has discovered a new painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890): Sunset at Montmajour (1888).
Sunken prehistoric village emerges from water
The lowering level of waters in Lake Ticha (North East Bulgaria) reveal the remains of a 7000-year-old defensive wall and village.
Maya Decapitated and Dismembered Their Enemies
"The observed hatchet marks on the cervical vertebra are a clear indication of decapitation," Seefeld reports on the remains of 24 people found in an artificial cave in the historical Maya city of Uxul (Mexico).
‘Early Pictish Royal remains’ discovered at Rhynie
The remains of what it is thought could be a member of early Pictish royalty have been discovered during an archaeological dig in Aberdeenshire.
7th Century Treasures Discovered at Foot of Temple Mount
The cache was earmarked as a contribution toward the building of a new synagogue, at a location that is near the Temple Mount. The Synagogue was never built but the treasure remained there.
Hellenistic burial chambers found in Samsun
Among the findings are a gold eyewear, a couple of earrings, a metal hairpin, a metal anklet, two metal pieces of mirror and lots of earthen wares.
P. Koudounaris, Heavenly Bodies
The book includes arresting images of more than seventy spectacular jeweled skeletons of Catholic saints and the fascinating stories of dozens more, accompanied by rare archive material.
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I. Hodder (ed.), Archaeological Theory Today [Second edition]
The volume captures the diversity of contemporary archaeological theory.
Beyond intolerance
Beyond intolerance: the evolution of imperial religious policy and the meeting in Milan of 313. Historical and ideological premises and developments until Julian the Apostate. Submission deadline 15 September 2013.
J. Manco, Ancestral Journeys
Incorporates the latest discoveries and theories from archaeology, genetics, history, and linguistics to paint a spirited history of European settlement.
Sport in the Ancient World
Abstract submissions on any aspect of ancient sport for paper presentations welcomed. Please send an abstract (max. 3,000 characters) and a short bio to Peter Mauritsch. Submission deadline, 30 Novermer 2013.
Decoding Stonehenge
English Heritage excavations show site has nothing to do with sun worshipping, and find evidence circle was once complete.
Historical Church of Prophet Elias Under Threat
Once a favourite spot for the inhabitants of Smyrna, the church is now threatened due to prospective highway construction works.
Castelli Romani site looted
The site is located near the ruins of a temple devoted to Juno ''The Saviour'' at Lanuvio, in the Castelli Romani (Castles of Rome) - a cluster of towns southeast of Rome.
Coffin Reuse in the 21th Dynasty
Economic crisis, social motivations and afterlife-related beliefs led 21st Dynasty Egyptians to de-fetishize coffins belonging to their ancestors in order to reuse them for their contemporary dead.
Archaeologists discover burials from the Roman period in Czelin
Crematory pit and urn grave from the 1st/2nd century AD have been discovered by archaeologists during excavations in the Roman period cemetery in Czelin (Zachodniopomorskie).
Richard III had roundworm infection, scientists claim
Researchers from Cambridge University analyse soil sample from pelvis and find eggs where intestine would have been.