“The World Heritage List is not a beauty contest”
“Cultural heritage is not just stones or natural beauties, but brings values and ideas of different cultures and civilisations, which is needed more than ever today”, Irina Bokova stressed.
A truly transformational gift for the Met
Estee Lauder heir and art collector Leonard A. Lauder donates $1bn worth of cubist art to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Arts.
Hittite site to be turned into ‘tourist attraction’
Turkey’s well-known ancient site of Alacahöyük, which currently draws around 50,000 visitors a year, in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum, is set to be given new facilities reflecting traces of the Hittite civilization.
Continuities, Discontinuities, Ruptures in the Greek World (1204-2014)
Conference organized by the European Society of Modern Greek Studies.
Eastern Mediterranean metallurgy in the Final Neolithic/Late Chalcolithic
Lecture by James D. Muhly given at the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
Plea for help to stop depriciation of Hellenic Culture
The Hellenic National Committee of ICOMOS asks ICOMOS President to intervene in order that the New Organization Plan of the General Secretariat of Culture is rejected.
Massive building found near Ur
First spotted from satellite remote sensed images at Tell Khaiber, Iraq, the building complex is thought to be an administrative centre serving one of the world’s earliest cities.
K. Kalaitzidis, Post-Byzantine Music Manuscripts
Presentation of 4,200 pages of previously unknown notations of secular Greek, Ottoman and Persian music.
Excavations in Pella to be continued
The excavations conducted at the ancient Agora of Pella will continue under the direction of Professor of Classical Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ioannis Akamatis.
Re-Inventing Heritage in the Balkans
Workshop organized by Ecole française d’Athènes and the British School at Athens.
Temple-burial mystery revealed
A man was found buried under the main cult chamber at the islet's archaic sanctuary. Temple dignitary or unlucky workman?
A two-in-one solution for the Venizelou antiquities
According to the proposal, the antiquities will remain in situ, with the exception of a 45 sq.m. space (out of the area's 1.600 sq.m.), where vents and escalators will be made.
Kushite royal palace found in Sonijat
The largest known royal palace of Kush (namely 5000 square meters) has been found according to Polish news reports.
Enormous building complex found in Tell Khaiber
University of Manchester archaeologists have started the excavation of an enormous building complex in Iraq, thought to be around 4,000 years old.
Byzantine wine-press and lantern found in Israel
Archaeologists found a large wine-press and a unique clay lantern decorated with crosses, among other Byzantine-era remains during an excavation near a spa in southern Israel.
The self-presentation of athletes in the Hellenistic period
Submit your application by April 29th 2013.
Conference about Ottoman monuments in Mytilene
The conference will be held on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th April in Mytilene.
Museum Show Ponders Tolkien’s Inspiration
An exhibition at The Vyne, a sixteenth-century stately home explores the possible link between a Roman gold ring and author J.R.R.Tolkien.
International Masonry Conference
The 9th International Masonry Conference will be held in Guimarães, Portugal in July 7-9, 2014, as a joint initiative from the University of Minho and the International Masonry Society.
Final LEM Conference
The final conference of the LEM project will take place in Bologna on 19 and 20 September 2013.
A.-L. Schallin (ed.), Perspectives on ancient Greece
This book consists of articles based on the lectures, which were held at the Swedish Institute celebrations on May 10, 2008 and also of a number of articles by scholars who wished to celebrate Robin Hägg and who thus joined the venture.
Tsunami in the Mediterranean
A powerful earthquake measuring 8-8.5 on the Richter scale 1,600 years ago led to an enormous tsunami in the Mediterranean.
Jean-Luc Martinez is the new director of the Louvre
49-year-old French art historian will replace Henri Loyrette, who has been director of the Louvre since April 14th 2001.