Acropolis Museum world’s 3rd best museum
The Sunday Times placed the Acropolis Museum third in a list of the best 50 museums of the world.
Robert M. Edsel, Saving Italy
An account of a little known American effort to save Italy’s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II.
Cyprus celebrates International Museum Day
Guided tours and exhibition openings at the museums of Cyprus.
Solving the Goldenball Mystery
A considerable number of yellow clay orbs was found hiding in a previously unexplored ancient chamber at the end of a stretch of 2,000-year-old unexplored tunnel on the Teotihuacan site, near the Pyramid of the Sun.
Day and Night at the Cycladic Art Museum
Tours and various events at the Cycladic Art Museum on the occasion of the International Museum Day.
The Acropolis Museum celebrates International Museum Day
On this day, the Acropolis Museum will be open from 8 a.m. until 12 midnight, with free entry for its visitors, presenting various programs for children and adults related to the rooster.
Museum attendance rises in Greece
According to ELSTAT, the number of visitors in Greek museums has increased by 15,2% in comparison to January 2012.
Fashion Week with an archaeological twist
Replicas of prehistoric jewellery alongside a prehistoric woman's reconstructed image exhibited during Malta Fashion Week courtesy of Heritage Malta added an unexpected archaeological twist to the country's major fashion event.
In search of the looted WWII antiquities
The Hellenic General Secretariat of Culture has released a statement regarding the location of Greek antiquities which are being sold via the Internet in Germany.
Researchers in Ancient History of Religion wanted
Please send your application with CV, copies of your final school and university degrees, a copy of your doctoral thesis and up to four further publications, and an outline of the research project you would like to pursue until 27 May 2013.
Spectacular Byzantine mosaic uncovered in Israel
A spectacular mosaic from the Byzantine period, 4th-6th centuries, has been discovered during excavations for the extending of Israel’s north-south superhighway.
Relocating Ramesses II
The limestone head which was once part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II has been removed from its original spot in Akhmim, Middle Egypt, over concerns about its safety.
American Numismatic Society’s medal to Greek scientist
Dr. Ioannis Touratsoglou has been recognized with the Archer M. Huntington Award 2012.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classics
A postdoctoral fellowship in Classics is offered to one recent Classics Ph.D. holder with a functional knowledje of Hebrew, within the framework of a new M.A. Program in Classics by four Israeli universities.
Colin F. Macdonald, Carl Knappett (eds.), Intermediacy and Regeneration in Middle Minoan III Palatial Crete
Volume covering most key sites where Middle Minoan III occupation has been identified.
The cat of Eden
This beautiful mother-of-pearl 19th century broach depicted on your screen made us wonder due to the presence of the cat dozing off near the feet of Adam and Eve.
Demonizing the Gods
Polytheistic deities had started to be perceived as demons well before the rise of Christianity as state religion, new study suggests.
Ancient Anthedon in danger
Unesco and experts in the Gaza Strip are concerned over recent construction work ordered by Hamas along the coast of Gaza City where the remains of the ancient port of Anthedon are located.
Tales from the Crypt
The medieval knight found in Edinburgh was likely buried with his family in a crypt as seven more skeletons and one scull were found during his grave's excavation.
Learn medieval Greek in Birmingham
Lear Byzantine Greek at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham
P.M. Steele (ed.), Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context
A team of distinguished scholars tackles epigraphic, palaeographic, linguistic, archaeological, historical and terminological problems relating to the island's writing systems in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age.
A spoonful of fertility
This spoon, covered with hare skin, was used during rites associated with fertility of the soil, during which the Kalash were planting seeds in order to raise good crops.
N. Stampolidis, A. Kanta, A. Giannikouri (eds.), Athanasia
Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference, Rhodes, 28-31 May, 2009.