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.
A Monumental Underwater Structure in Israel
What is a monumental ancient stone structure doing in the Sea of Galilee?
Nasreddin Hodja’s tomb found in Sivrihisar
Akşehir was known as the birth and death place of Nasreddin Hodja but from now on Sivrihisar should be recorded as the place where he was born and died.
Egyptian Wedding Certificate Key to Authenticating Controversial Biblical Text
The ink used to pen the controversial text represents an innovation of its time and it can also be found in marriage contracts from Roman Egypt.
Did an Earthquake Destroy the Mycenaeans?
A group of scientists researches on the possibility that the Mycenaean civilization received a major blow by an earthquake.
Extension of “The Shipwreck of Antikythera”
The temporary exhibition “The Shipwreck of Antikythera: the Ship, the Treasures, the Mechanism” at the National Archaeological Museum will be extended until the 31st August 2013.
The minaret of the Umayyad Mosque has been destroyed
The state news agency Sana accused rebels of destroying the minaret. However, activists say the minaret was hit by Syrian army tank fire.
PhD Scholarship in Egyptology
The scholarship is funded by the project ‘Fertilizing the ground and harvesting the full potential of the new neutron and X-ray research infrastructures close to CopenhagenUniversity’ (UCPH Excellence Programme for Interdisciplinary Research, 2016 Funds).
Roman industrial area uncovered in Egypt’s Suez Canal
A number of workshops for clay and bronze statues, pottery vessels as well as a collection of administrative buildings, store galleries and a whole residential area for workmen have been found
John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation funding of one-year research projects
The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation invites research groups from all scientific fields to submit proposals for research projects for the year 2014.
Feeding the Pyramid Builders
Scientists in Egypt have recently discovered remains of what is thought to have been a a massive catering-type operation serving the needs for food of the Giza pyramids' builders.
Eleutherna on Crete: A “Homeric” site revealed
The Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art will introduce the audience to Eleutherna, one of the capital cities of ancient Crete, during the time period of the Homeric epics (ca. 1000–600 B.C.).
One million Brits ‘descended from Romans’
One million British men may be directly descended from the Roman legions which came, saw and conquered England and Wales almost two thousand years ago, a DNA study suggests.
The Wonderful World of Disney: Collecting Classical Antiquity
Professor David Gill will be looking at the background to Dr John Disney and will explore how he became interested in archaeology.
Skeletons holding hands unearthed in Romania
Archaeologists from the Cluj-Napoca Institute of Archaeology and History of Art discovered the bodies of a young couple who were buried holding hands.
Digging up Lithuania
In the April edition of Europeana eNews, one can browse images of the excavations which were conducted in Lithuania 45-65 years ago.