Parthenon. An Icon of Global Citizenship
The 2013 International Colloquy "Parthenon. An Icon of Global Citizenship" will be held at the Nicholson Museum (Sydney), on Friday 15 - Sunday 17 November 2013.
The double life of Ebla
Built in a strategic site thousands of years ago, Ebla in Syria is finding its military character once more, as, it is used by rebel Syrians as an observation post.
The Acropolis through its Museum
A museum guide that takes you back in time, by Prof. Panos Valavanis.
Green light for the Eleftherna dig
The masterplan of shaping the Museum's surroundings as well as securing the artefact's security and transportation has been given the "green light" by the members of the Central Archaeological Council.
“Our Sculptures Have Their Homeland”
An anthology of the children's drawings was published under the title “Our Sculptures Have their Homeland”.
Archaeologists Shine New Light On British Museum Moai
Hoa Hakananai'a survived a shift in religious beliefs in the Easter Island by being placed in a stone hut and covered in carved 'petroglyphs', or rock engravings, depicting motifs from the birdman cult.
Archaeologists uncover world’s oldest port
The port was discovered at Wadi el-Jarf, nearly 180 kilometers (110 miles) south the coastal city of Suez.
“Child with a Dove” rumoured to be heading to Qatar
Picasso’s Child with a Dove (1901) has been acquired by Qatar for £50m, Le Figaro reported.
“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.