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.
News from Tel Kabri
An extended storage area full with pottery jars as well as more painted plaster fragments discovered.
Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium, Fall 2013
The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. invites students to present papers on their research on ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the classical tradition.
The Bronze Age: The Minoans and the Mycenaeans
Together with the Sunoikisis consortium, the Center for Hellenic Studies will offer a travel study program in Greece January 6-26, 2014.
The Mycenaean Acropolis of Midea
History and description of the Acropolis of Midea, on the occasion of an event to be held tomorrow at this significant archaeological site.
Lords of the Rings
Four Bronze Age gold rings were recently found near the site where six similar rings were found in 2009.
Cultural Heritage practices: issues of archaeological conservation and site preservation
Running from the 4th to the 6th of November, 2013 in Nicosia, Cyprus. Contact Dr Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou ([email protected]) in order to secure a place.
Language and tool-making skills evolved at same time
Research by the University of Liverpool has found that the same brain activity is used for language production and making complex tools, supporting the theory that they evolved at the same time.
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites with Mosaics
Deadline for submission of the application is September 30, 2013.
Luxury Textiles and Extraction of Copper from Cypriot Bronze Age City
The University of Gothenburg has issued a press release about the finds of the archaeological expedition at the Bronze Age city Hala Sultan Tekke.
C. Bronk Ramsey, Andrew J. Shortland (eds.), Radiocarbon and the Chronologies of Ancient Egypt
This volume presents the findings of a major international project on the application of radiocarbon dating to the Egyptian historical chronology.
Earliest Bronze Age sheepskin is found in the Highlands
Archaeologists are claiming a highly significant discovery in the Highlands in the form of a 4000-year-old sheepskin that is believed to be the earliest surviving example in Britain.
African Archaeology without Frontiers
The 14th Congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies and the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists will be hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa from 14-18 July 2014.
Τemporary exhibition “Serbian Μedieval Art” is prolonged
The exhibition "Serbian Μedieval Art" organized by the Byzantine and Christian Museum in collaboration with the National Museum of Belgrade is prolonged until September 15th 2013.
The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange, symposium at the EAA Conference 2014
Building upon recent research investigating the significance of “nonnormative” human burials within archaeological contexts, there is a proposal for a session on deviant burials to be held during the upcoming EAA Annual Conference (Istanbul 2014).
Mosaic-house revealed in ancient Tripolis
Ongoing excavations in Denizli’s ancient Lycian city of Tripolis have revealed a house featuring a large collection of colorful mosaics with floral and geometric patterns.
Gallery Talks
See the new program of Gallery Talks at the Acropolis Museum for the month of September.