Byzantine church mosaic unearthed in Jerash
The mosaic survived the Iconoclasts to be found by the looters and to be saved again by a handful of dedicated Jordanian and international archaeologists.
Double celebration in the Europa Nostra Awards
The public choice award winner, chosen in an online poll from among the 30 laureates for 2013, is The Propylaea Central Building in Athens, while the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments is among the seven Grand Prix winners.
Farewell to a great teacher
The archaeological community in Greece and beyond sends farewell to Spyros Iakovides, a great archaeologists and academic, specialized in the Mycenaean world. Born in Athens (1923), Spyros Iakovides graduated from the University of Athens with a degree in Archaeology (1946).
Fighting for heritage
Monica Hanna works with no fear to monitor archaeological sites and forms a website will allow people, including tourists, to anonymously report damaged antiquities.
Antiquities Ministry awaiting green light to renovate Cairo antiquities
Monuments up for renovation and review are primarily those located in Islamic and Coptic Cairo.
A Thousand Year Old Church found
The bones are from the first one hundered years of Christianity in Iceland and the man is buried out by the churchyard wall.
The End of a Radical: Black Athena scholar dies
Martin Bernal died. A funeral is being held on June 19th in Cambridge, England, to be followed in the autumn by memorial services on each side of the Atlantic.
What Lies Beneath the Sea of Galilee?
A cone-shaped man-made monument, a product of skilled construction seems to be the mysterious structure located last April on the Sea of Galilee sea bed by researchers from the Tel Aviv University.
The Shipwreck of Antikythera soon in Basel
From March 2014, the Museum of Basel, Switzerland is to host the successful exhibition on "The Shipwreck of Antikythera: the Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism”, which will be in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens till August 31, 2013.
Listening to the Past
The project aims to seek a common European musical heritage rooted in antiquity.
Beyond Boundaries
The exhibition “Beyond Boundaries” is hosting paintings of Gymnasium and Lyceum pupils of the Juvenile Prison at Avlona.
The Acropolis Museum turns four!
On the occasion of its fourth birthday, the Acropolis Museum has organized special events vor its visitors.
400 Animal Species Were Offered to Gods in Tenochtitlan
The ritual use of all these animal species and their symbolism will be presented at a round of conferences at the recently opened Gallery 6 “Flora and Fauna” in the Great Temple, adjacent to Mexico City’s principal square, the Zocalo.
Perge opens for visitors
The city of Perge, an ancient Greek city in Anatolia and the capital of Pamphylia, in the southern province of Antalya will finally open to visitors by the end of summer following excavations.
Opening hours during summertime
The opening hours of the archaeological sites during the summer months will be 8.00 am to 8.00 pm for the most visited Greek State museums and archaeological sites, and 8.00 am to 5.00 pm for those attracting a smaller audience.
The Iceman Suffered Brain Damage Before Death
Further evidence based on a new protein-analysis method supports the Iceman had a violent death after being hit by an arrow and receiving a blow on the head.
The rebirth of the illustrated art book by Tériade
The exhibition “Books of artists of the Tériade collection: Picasso, Matisse, Miró, Le Corbusier etc.” will be inaugurated on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens.
Documenting Karnak
Entries will include typographical edition of inscriptions and their transliteration, all photographs and facsimiles, as well as any relevant archival material.
John Rylands Research Institute Administrator
The John Rylands Research Institute (The University of Manchester -The University of Manchester Library) is looking for an Administrator.
21st excavation soon to begin in Çatalhöyük
Soon, the 21st archaeological excavation will begin in Çatalhöyük, which was added on the UNESCO list last year.
Easier repatriation of illegally removed national treasures
The European Commission is taking new action to help Member States recover national treasures which have been unlawfully removed from their territory.
The Palace at Mycenae
At the 8th meeting of the Mycenaean Seminar Professor James C. Wright will give a lecture on “The Palace at Mycenae as a Place of History and Imagined Identity.
Funding Doctorate position
The Research Unit EA 3094 CARRA seek to offer a research position, leading to a Doctoral thesis (in French or English), on studying aspects on translation of ancient Greek and Latin texts into modern European languages. Application deadline: 12 July 2013.