Return to Antikythera
Site where oldest computer lay for thousands of years may yield other treasures and even another Antikythera mechanism.
Smart Ideas, Attractive Libraries
The 8th International Conference organized by the Committee for the Support of Libraries.
Flea-market Renoir was stolen from museum in 1951
A purported Renoir painting bought for $7 at a West Virginia flea market two years ago was actually stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art six decades ago, The Washington Post has discovered.
Every Thessaloniki Metro Stop a Museum
“Every Thessaloni metro station can become a small museum”. With that statement, Christos Tsitouras, CEO of Attiko Metro, referred to the archaeological findings which where discovered during the construction.
Professor develops protocols to preserve ancient wares
A nationally renowned scholar on the preservation of ancient Chinese ceramics, Prof. Chandra Reedy is applying digital image analysis to study the technology used to produce glazed ceramics of nearly 1,000 years ago.
Archaeologists find unique set of pen nibs used in the Golden Age
A set of 11 bronze pen nibs, which used to be put on the pens during the Golden Age of Simeon I of Bulgaria, has been found at Veliki Preslav historical and archaeological reserve.
Finance minister promises more funds after visit to Black Sea site
Bulgarian Finance Minister, after a visit to the Sinemorets site after the discovery of a Thracian silver treasure, has said that funds for archaeological work in Bulgaria would be increased to 10 million leva (about five million euro) in 2013.
Seeking Return of Art, Turkey Jolts Museums
An aggressive campaign by Turkey to reclaim antiquities it says were looted has led in recent months to the return of antiquities. But it has also drawn condemnation from some of the world’s largest museums, which call the campaign cultural blackmail.
Sisi on Corfu. The Empress and the Achilleon
Temporary exhibition at Vienna's Hofmobiliendepot about the famous Empress.
Woman in Byzantium
The online journal for Byzantine Studies “Porphyra” calls for papers for its next volume.
Craft-based Cultural Influences in the Mediterranean
The Hellenic Society for Archaeometry announces its 6th Symposium under the title “Craft-based Cultural Influences in the Mediterranean”.
Curator of Maritime History
The National Mairitme Museum is seeking to appoint a curator who will be able to provide expertise within the broad definition of maritime history
Aleppo’s Silk Road souk burns to ashes
Flames destroy 1,500 shops in Souk al-Madina, a world heritage site, fuelled by fabric stored beneath ancient arches.
Western Europe’s first city?
Archaeological excavations in Spain, carried out at the site of La Bastida have exposed an imposing fortification system which is unique for its location and date.
Coin hoards and pottery at ancient Rhizon
In 2010 Polish archaeologists working at the ancient Illyrian stronghold of Rhizon discovered a large hoard of coins. The 2012 season witnessed some fascinating new discoveries, helping to construct a chronology for this important site.
Ancient stinging nettles reveal Bronze Age trade connections
A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound Lusehøj may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest.
The “chora” of Serifos is to be declared an archaeological site
The 'chora' of Serifos is to be declared an archaeological site, according to a decision of Greece's Central Archaeological Council that was announced on Thursday.
Construction projects spell culture in Athens
A string of construction projects are set to get moving this fall in the city of Athens.
Early Christian baptismal fonts
Varna archaeologists working at a site of an ancient fortress near Cape Saint Atanas in Byala on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast have found early Christian baptismal fonts, estimated to date from the 5th to 6th centuries CE.
Shaping the sciences of the ancient world
The SAW project organises a conference 'Shaping the sciences of the ancient world', which will take place 17-21 June 2013 in Paris.
Sounion becomes accessible to all visitors
The 2nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities has received many negative comments on the Internet lately as people voiced their concerns about the works being conducted at the archaeological site of Sounion.
Oldest Ivory Workshop in the World Discovered
Archaeologists found the oldest evidence for clearly distinct working areas which are interpreted as standardized workshops for working mammoth ivory.
Buddhist ‘Iron Man’ found by Nazis is from space
A Buddhist statue brought to Germany from Tibet by a Nazi-backed expedition has been confirmed as having an extraterrestrial origin.
Archaeological treasures face destruction in Syria
"The situation will remain unstable for a long time," according to Dominik Bonatz director of the Institute for Ancient Middle Eastern Archaeology at Berlin's Freie Universität.