500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli discovered
The original copy of a 500-year old proclamation calling for the arrest of Niccolò Machiavelli has been discovered by a British historian.
Not the orchestras, please!
Director of the Reina Sofia School of Music, Paloma O'Shea, stresses how important it is in times of crisis to “protect protect at all costs the vital signs of the country.”
In search of the Artemision
The Director of the Swiss School of Archaeology will present the School's fieldwork in 2012, in particular the main results of the excavations of the Roman Baths at Eretria and the exploratory trenches at Amarynthos in search of the Artemision.
G. Boutaris: Moving the antiquities would be a crime and an insult for the city
During a recent meeting of the municipal council of Thessaloniki, archaeologists and representatives of the Attiko Metro company expressed their views about the "Venizelos" station antiquities.
Ancient Egypt “pyramid” boat threatened
A pipe has burst inside the museum holding one of pyramid builder Khufu’s boat. Fear for the ancient boat's future.
University of Thessaloniki takes action for the metro findings
The University has formed a working group consisting of professors at the faculties of Engineering, History-Archaeology and Architecture, to formulate alternatives.
Karditsa: An archaeological “journey”
Anyone visiting the Regional Unit of Karditsa and Thessaly for the first time will notice the small hills, which lay in the midst of the Thessalian plain.
N.D. Siokis, Clothing and society in Kleisoura of Kastoria
Through a rich collection of photographs, this publication highlights the economic, social and intellectual development of a historic village with a shining history.
300 drawings for Mount Olympus
Pupils have drawn a large painting, to support the claim of extending the boundaries of the Mount Olympus National Park and its inclusion to the monuments of UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Cultural Heritage Law
The summer school offers an overview of the international and comparative law for the protection of cultural heritage.
L.F. Garcia, Jr., “Homeric Durability”
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of "Homeric Durability: Telling Time in the Iliad", by Lorenzo F. Garcia, Jr.
Temple of Jupiter Stator discovered in Rome?
Italian archaeologists claim to have found the Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC) at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Prehistoric necropolis discovered in Romania
The 50 tombs discovered in the village of Păru represent the largest Bronze Age necropolis ever found in Romania.
The Vovolini Archives and the Great Hellenic Biographical Dictionary
Τhe Gennadius Library and the Economia Group-Kerkyra Publications are organizing an exhibition to celebrate the donation of the Vovolini Archives to the Gennadius Library.
The hi-tec inventions of ancient Greeks
The exhibition will be shown in Heraklion (Crete) until March 27.
The shoe-filled jar from Luxor
Archaeologists discovered seven shoes, that appear to be made out of bovine, within a jar in an Egyptian temple. The shoes date back more than 2,000 years.
Geneticists claim to have found the age of Homer’s Iliad
Geneticists have applied the same technique of decoding the genetic history of humans by tracking how genes mutate on Homer's "Iliad", to uncover the date it was first written.
Ancient Technologies and Crafts
During the course, the state of the art in historical research along with the recent scientific techniques applied to the analysis of archaeological findings will be presented by senior academics and field archaeologists who are experts in various research areas.
Greek archaeologist to contribute organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum
Nikolaos Kaltsas, director of the National Museum of Athens for more than twenty years, to organise the new museum which is now under constraction
Enigma by Janice Kamrin
This episode of the web series "82nd&Fifth" by the MET features a beautiful canopic jar of the Valley of the Kings.
Geometric tomb revealed in central Crete
A tomb of the Geometric Era has come to light in Kavrochori, a village near Heraklion of Crete, belonging to the Malevisi Municipality, during works for the construction of a biological cleaning unit.
Identity and Representation in Antiquity
The Classics Department of King's College London is delighted to announce the second Postgraduate Conference on "Identity and Representation in Antiquity".
The compilation of the National Representative List
The national representative list with the subjects regarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage is expected to be announced by the end of May.