Migration brought agriculture To Europe
This week’s edition of Science presents the genetic findings of a Swedish-Danish research team, which show that agriculture spread to Northern Europe via migration from Southern Europe.
Water cistern revealed under mosque
A 264 year-old water cistern has been discovered during the restoration of Istanbul’s Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Hathor Temple gets facelift
Following year of exhaustive restoration work, the Hathor temple on Egypt's island of Philae will reopen to public next month
Scanning at Eleusis
«Geomatics at Eleusis – Greece Field School 2012»: Summer Field School at Eleusis (Greece), organised by University of Kent and University of Arkansas
Archaeologists resume search for Laodicea Temple
A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently returned to an area within the town of Nahavand, western Iran, to search for traces of the Laodicea Temple.
Erotic scene found in Bulgaria
Archaeologists in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal town of Sozopol have found an ancient Greek vase depicting an erotic group sex scene
Pompeii rescue plan too late to save 2,000-year-old wall
There is growing concern about Italy's ability to protect it from further deterioration, amid claims that restoration funds have been diverted to the local Mafia, or Camorra.
Life and Death of Notorious Preacher
Archaeologists have reopened a grave in Switzerland to see if DNA testing can confirm it contains the body of 17th century Swiss hero -and killer- Georg Jenatsch.
Fragments of Book of the Dead found
Missing fragments from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead have been uncovered deep in the stores of the Queensland Museum.
The twins of Cleopatra and Mark Antony
An Italian expert said on Friday that she had identified a sculpture in Cairo's Egyptian Museum as depicting the twin children of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
Qatar willing to invest in “Romaland”
Ancient Rome's theme park was met by hoots of derision in Italy, but caught the attention of Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar.
Turkey and the Düver Frieze
One of the most notorious examples of looting from the same period as Bubon and the Lydian hoard is the extensive removal of terracotta architectural fragments from a sixth century BC temple at Düver.
One of earliest farming sites in Europe
University of Cincinnati research is revealing early farming in a former wetlands region that was largely cut off from Western researchers until recently.
The ‘pushy parent’ syndrome in ancient Rome
What were the Romans really like? Different from us in many ways, but there is much that is familiar in Roman family life and in particular parenting.
Archaeologist pays for stolen statue’s head
Ertuğrul Günay has said that the cost for the head of an 11,000-year-old statue, which was stolen from Göbeklitepe, has been paid by the head of the excavation, German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt.
Discovering the Greco-Roman Alexandria
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered four Greek and Byzantine-era rock tombs in a section of old Alexandria's eastern necropolis in an area neighbouring Al-Ibrahimeya tunnel.
Human remains at the Titanic?
Human remains may be embedded in the mud of the North Atlantic where the New York-bound Titanic came to rest when it sank 100 years ago, a federal official said Saturday.
Antiquity looted in Cambodia
Federal agents have threatened to seize from Sotheby's a 10th-century Cambodian sandstone statue, alleging the auction house planned to sell it despite warnings that looters had stolen the piece from its rightful place, adorning an ancient temple in the former Khmer kingdom.
Pompeii gets cash boost from Italian government
The Italian government has launched a 105m euros project to save one of the world's greatest archaeological treasures, the ancient city of Pompeii.
Akronafplia: Restoration work at the Fortress
Restoration works at the Fortress of Akronafplia have begun several months ago.
Roman statues rescued in Spain
A pair of first century bronze statues about to be sold on the black market have been recovered by police in Jaen.
Searching for the Venice of the Nile
Together with British, Egyptian and French colleagues, Graham is looking for ancient water channels in Luxor as texts and pictures from nearby temples and tombs suggest that sites on both sides of the Nile were connected by canals and navigable by boat.
Swiss customs seize Roman sarcophagus
A Roman sarcophagus, believed to have been excavated illegally from an archaeological site close to Antalya, has been seized at Geneva Free Ports by Swiss authorities.
Venice hasn’t stopped sinking after all
Although previous studies had found that Venice has stabilized, new measurements indicate that the historic city continues to slowly sink, and even to tilt slightly to the east.