Centuries old paintings of Guatemalan dancers and guitarists
Dancers in rich costumes and musicians playing drums, flutes and guitars can be found in paintings dating back several hundred years in houses in Chajul, Guatemala.
Oldest known Neanderthal engravings unearthed in French cave
Neanderthals might have been making some of Europe’s oldest art thousands of years before the arrival of humans.
New research project about the Viking warriors
The project will fit particularly well into the museum's research work in relation to the upcoming Museum of the Viking Age.
The first prehistoric wind instruments discovered in the Levant
Seven prehistoric wind instruments known as flutes, were recently identified by Franco-Israeli team at the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha.
Laocoön and His Sons in Frankfurt
Goethe University’s Sculpture Hall has received a prominent addition: a true-to-original copy of the monumental statue of Laocoön and his sons.
Gustav Klimt’s Lady with a Fan Comes to Auction at Sotheby’s
“Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) is the last portrait Gustav Klimt created before his untimely death, when still in his artistic prime.
PhD position in the History of Late Antiquity
In the Department of History at Ghent University (Belgium), one PhD studentship is available for a period of up to four years.
Ancient Tribal earth ovens excavated in Washington State
Ancient Tribal earth ovens built long before the Egyptian pyramids are being excavated as part of the first archeological project made public by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
The Trumpington Cross burial
The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the 7th century has been reconstructed following analysis of her skull.
The NAM’s mummies undergo imaging examination
The transportation of four Ptolemaic mummies of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM) Egyptian Collection, and their imaging examination with the use of a CT scanner have been completed.
‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can
A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor – or hominin.
Rare bronze hand discovered in Roman Vindolanda
A small, child sized, and eerily life-like bronze hand had been discarded in the ditch.
About 20 ‘Polish Stonehenge’ structures have been identified
Monumental structures dating back 7,000 years and reaching over 100m in diameter, remained unknown in Poland until the 1990s.
Conference “Uncovering Abydos” at the British Council in Cairo
This hybrid three-day symposium aims to delve into the rich tapestry of archaeological endeavours undertaken at the site of Abydos.
Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley.
The Origins of the Sacred Image at the Louvre
This exhibition is both a vibrant manifesto of the force of images in Byzantine art, and an emphatic tribute to the richness of Ukraine’s national collections.
Study shows ancient Alaskans were freshwater fishers
A scientific team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers has discovered the earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient people in the Americas.
Remains at Crenshaw site are local, ancestors of Caddo
Hundreds of human skulls and mandibles recovered from the Crenshaw site in southwest Arkansas are the remains of ancestors of the Caddo Nation.
Capturing the Senses. Digital Methods for Sensory Archaeologies
This open access book highlights technological improvements on understanding of the past through sensory engagement.
Objects from Crimea to be returned to Ukraine
On 9 June 2023, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the Amsterdam Court of Appeal correctly applied the law in the case involving the disputed objects from Crimean.
Beautifully worked with silver and gold
The exhibition presents a panorama of early modern Greek jewellery and will be on show in Santirvan, Drama.
Researchers get rare glimpse of our first ancestors in Southeast Asia
An international team of researchers has discovered indisputable evidence of a human presence in mainland Southeast Asia between 86,000 and 68,000 years ago.
Farming lifestyle in northwestern Africa was ignited by oversea-migrant
A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups.
Iron Age settlement and rare Bronze Age artefact uncovered
A Middle Iron Age settlement and an important Early Bronze Age cremation burial of a child, containing an eagle-bone pin, have been unearthed during excavations by Cotswold Archaeology experts in Oxfordshire.