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.
Alexanderland… as Disneyland
Thessaloniki plans to “revive” the life, work and historical battles of Alexander the Great, by creating a theme park.
A new museum for Piraeus
The exhibition will tell the story of the port since the early Historic times, through objects such as findings dating to the Early Geometric Era and the archaic tombs in Kaminia and in Delta Falirou.
A lost ancient continent was found in the Indian Ocean
A new paper of Norwegian scientists, "A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean," receives extensive attention of the media all over the world.
Minoan shipyard to be presented in conference
The first Minoan shipyard where big ships were constructed will be presented in a conference discussing Ancient Greek Technology.
S. Fachard, Eretria XXI: La défense du territoire
The monograph contains the most detailed archaeological map of the Eretrian territory, the fruit of years of survey and excavation.
D. Iosif, Early Christian Attitudes to War, Violence and Military Service
This study looks to reposition early Christian ethics and the attitude towards war and to bring new understanding to the relationship between military service and Christianity.
36th ICAF Conference
The theme of the proposed 36th ICAF Conference, to be held at Kamilari, Crete, is “Food and Art”. The aim of the Conference is to focus on the long-standing role of food in the arts.
Northwestern Aegean during the Late Bronze Age
The 4th lecture of the Mycenaean Seminar, given by Stelios Andreou (School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).
Photographers capture the beauty of ancient Gortyna’s theater
Dozens of amateur photographers of the Hellenic Photographic Society of Crete have captured the imposing beauty of the Great Theater of ancient Gortyna.
The expansion plans of the National Gallery
The expansion of the National Gallery of Athens will more than double the museums overall space, by additional 11,040 square meters to the existing building.
Aegean – Birth of an Archipelago
An original exhibition is organized by the Science Centre and Technology Museum NOESIS at Thessaloniki.
Famous vizier’s tomb of Ramses II found
The Free University of Brussels and the University of Liège have uncovered a 3,000-year-old pyramid in Luxor
Roman baths discovered in Sozopol
A Bulgarian team of archaeologists have discovered well-preserved remains of Roman thermae in ancient Sozopol.
Richly adorned warrior’s grave found
Hidden in a necropolis located near the town of Mezmay researchers have found the grave of a male warrior, richly adorned with more than a dozen gold artifacts.
Eros mosaics found in southern Turkey
A mosaic of two Eros figures fishing on two hippocampi has been located in the southern province of Adana’s Yumurtalık district.
M. Georgiadis, Kos in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
Volume based on material from an intensive and systematic field survey of Halasarna (modern Kardamaina).
Syria’s museums are in effect empty halls
Syrian museums have moved thousands of ancient treasures in special storage rooms to protect them from looting and violence but one of humanity's greatest cultural heritage monuments remains in grave peril.