Lost Roman Outpost in Southern Jordan Uncovered
The inscription also reveals the infantry unit stationed at the fort was the Cohors II Galatarum, or the Second Cohort of Galatians.
Excavations at Kissonerga – Skalia settlement completed
The team uncovered further evidence of a large building complex dating to the threshold of the Late Cypriot Bronze Age (around 1750–1600 BC), which had been partially revealed in previous seasons and also investigated a series of floors in an earlier domestic area dating to the Early Bronze Age (around 2300–1900 BC).
R. Stroud, The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Inscriptions
In this new Corinth volume, Ron Stroud presents all of these inscriptions, and he relates them to an overall interpretation of the activities, secular and religious, attested in this shrine during its long period of use from the 7th century B.C. until the end of the 4th century A.D.
New findings at Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos
This season of excavation focused on the recording of three structures, evidence of the industrial activities carried out at the site and documenting the sequence of occupation.
Secrets of God’s wife
Israel is touted as the birthplace of monotheism, but mounting evidence suggests that the Israelites, and later the Judahites - like their neighbors - worshiped a pantheon.
Amica, a Roman slave
University of Delaware's Lauren Hackworth Petersen is exploring new approaches, to shed light to the live of Pompeii’s slaves.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Ioanna Papantoniou
The European Museum Academy will officially announce the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Mrs Ioanna Papantoniou, President of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion, Greece.
Archaeologists discover Inca ruins in Nazca, Peru
The area was probably an administrative and ceremonial center that would have been used in the last years of the Inca Empire.
Wolf Rites of Winter
Archaeologists digging a Bronze Age site on the Russian steppes are using evidence from language and mythology to understand a remarkable discovery.
Dear Bennett…
The Michael Ventris Correspondence Collection mainly contains correspondence between Michael Ventris and Alice E. Kober and Emmett L. Bennett from 1948 through 1955.
Mt. Zion dig reveals possible second temple period priestly mansion
We know from the writings of Josephus Flavius and later rabbinical texts about their activities in the area of the Jewish temple, but there is hardly any information about their priestly activities outside the holy precinct.
The Image of the ‘Other’/the Neighbour in the Educational Systems of the Balkan Countries
The conference will be held on 26-28 September 2013, in Thessaloniki.
Mummies in flames
'Sadly people in Egypt regard antiquities as the property of the state, rather than their own heritage' says Monica Hanna.
Iron age horse found as Norway glacier melts
The remains of an iron age horse has been found in a glacier two thousand metres up in the mountains of Norway, one of the first times such an animal has been found at such altitude.
Playing with terracotta figurines
The 33rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of Preveza and Arta and the Archaeological Museum of Arta present this month’s exhibit.
Mediterranean palimpsests: three enigmas of decay and incorruption
Exhibition presented by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in the context of the main program of the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary art.
Poznań archaeologists back in Iraq
The aim of the project is an inventory of archaeological sites located in the 3 000 sq km area on both banks of the Great Zab river in the plains lying at the foot of the mountain ranges of Kurdistan.
BSA School Teacher Fellowship 2013-2014
Funded educational programme for UK school educators interested in enhancing their teaching resources with material from first-hand research in Greece.
Itzedin Fortress… A monument sends out an SOS
Day after day I see it collapsing and I feel that a piece of the puzzle of our country’s history is being lost.
The Plantagenet Alliance: Who do they think they are?
The alliance is trying to get the king's bones interred in York, rather than Leicester - the city where he was buried, but just about everything is against them.
Dalmanutha revealed?
The site, also spelled Dalmanoutha, is described in the Gospel of Mark as the place Jesus sailed to after miraculously feeding 4,000 people by multiplying a few fish and loaves of bread.
Art Trafficking and Restitution
The Round Table discussion is taking place at the Peace Palace in the Hague. Organized by the non-profit organization, Walk of Truth, it features case studies and lessons learned from Cyprus and Afghanistan.
Underwater survey to verify Ptolemy’s account on Indian ports
"We want to find out whether these ports mentioned in the Sangam era literature and by Ptolemy are the same", researchers say