40 post-graduate students visited “Venizelos” station
40 post-graduate students of Byzantine Studies from around the globe visited the “Venizelos” metro station in Thessaloniki, as part of a 15-days summer course at the University of Thessaloniki.
Roman fingerprints found in 2,000-year-old cream
The metal artefact, measuring 6cm in diameter and showing little sign of decay was unearthed during archaeological excavations at a Roman temple complex in Southwark, London.
Farming Developed Independently in Iran
Evidence recovered from the village of Chogha Golan in western Iran supports the idea that farming developed there independently some 11,500 years ago, at roughly the same time that hunter-gatherers began to cultivate plants in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, and eastern Turkey.
Unknown city quarters of 14th-12th c. BC came to light
The excavations exposed hitherto unknown city quarters dating to the 14th-12th centuries BC. The size of this city is estimated between 25 and 50 ha.
Revealing the secrets of the Ironclad Legion
Israeli archaeologists have found ruins they believe are the site of one of the two Roman legions based in the country between 120 and 300 C.E.
Carved head of Roman god found in ancient rubbish dump
An 1,800-year-old carved stone head of what is believed to be a Roman god has been unearthed in an ancient rubbish dump.
A Jewish Temple in Ancient Egypt?
A close up on the Jewish community that flourished in Elephantine during the Persian conquest of Egypt, by Stephen Rosenberg, Senior Fellow at W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.
Anchors from Punic Wars found off Sicily
Found in Cala Levante, the anchors date to more than 2,000 years ago. According to archaeologist Leonardo Abelli ( University of Sassari), the anchors are startling evidence of the Romans’ and Carthaginians’ struggle to impose their rule over the Mediterranean during the First Punic War (264 to 241 B.C.).
5,000-year-old pyramid destroyed in Lima
Despite its obvious importance to Peruvian culture, this pyramid was knocked down and later burned by several clandestine groups that entered the site on Saturday.
Ancient Greek Art Travels to Spain and the US
A hundred and more items from archaeological museums around Greece will enrich two very important exhibitions that will open next year in the US and Spain.
Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800
Exhibition highlighting an important design story that has never been told from a truly global perspective.
Roman shrine found at nature reserve
Archaeologists have brought to light a Roman shrine at Rutland Water nature reserve, southeast of Oakham.
Good news for three monuments
For three buildings for which MONUMENTA fought considerable battles during the last three years, there are some good news.
Hagia Sophia in Trabzon was declared a mosque
Hagia Sophia in Trabzon, which has been a museum since 1961 and dates to the thirteenth century, was turned into a mosque by Turkish authorities.
The A G Leventis Professorship Of Greek Culture
Camdidates are invited to send letter of application, together with details of current and future research plans, a curriculum vitae, a publications list and form CHRIS/6 (parts 1 and 3 only) with details of three referees, so as to reach him no later than Friday 20 September 2013.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The British School at Athens and the British School at Rome jointly seek to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to their Adriatic Connections research programme.
Byzantium and British Heritage
This conference, to be held 4th September-7th September 2013, opens a dialogue between specialists on the Byzantine world and on the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Depicting Transcendence
An ambitious project organized by the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, showing the influence of Byzantine tradition to the Modern Greek painters.
Translating Myth
Registration is now open for Translating Myth, an international conference organized by the Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex, to be held at Firstsite, the home of contemporary visual arts in Colchester.
Toulouse Lautrec and His World
This popular exhibition is on loan from the collection of the Herakleidon Museum in Athens, Greece
Three PhD positions in the field of Late Antique and Byzantine Historiograpphy
The University of Ghent is advertising three PhD positions, in the field of Late Antique and Byzantine Historiograpphy. One PhD position is reserved for Syriac studies.
Aromatic sage and mint lined graves found on Israel’s Mount Carmel
The practice to decorate graves with flowers dates at least from 10000 BC, according to new finds from Mount Carmel, Israel
Carabinieri recover Etruscan treasures
Most of the artefacts recovered by the police date from the Hellenistic period between the 3rd and 2nc century BC, when the Etruscan civilization was in decline.
Shining new light on the history of Rome
A team of archaeologists, historians, engineers and experts in Christian antiquities inaugurated an important new archaeological site in Rome on Thursday.