Ancient Law: Outside the Norms
The conference Ancient Law: Outside the Norms will explore the broad spectrum of innovative, often interdisciplinary, approaches to the study of ancient law that have emerged in recent years.
New Dino, ‘Iani,’ was face of a changing planet
The specimen, named Iani smithi after Janus, the two-faced Roman god of change, was an early ornithopod.
Hundreds of prehistoric engravings found in the Prades Mountains
The set is made up of more than 250 prehistoric engravings located at the so-called Roca de les Ferradures in the ancient village of Cogullons, in the municipality of Montblanc.
Seminar on joyful learning through cultural heritage
Preschool and museums staff, together with cultural heritage associations are invited to join this seminar of joyful learning.
Upcoming Workshops in Heritage Management
The Heritage Management Organization (HERITΛGE) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for three online workshops scheduled for autumn 2023.
International Spartan Studies Forum
As the Forum starts today, we would like to share the following important updates.
Evidence of intentional burial, cave engravings by early human ancestor
Homo naledi, an early human ancestor, intentionally buried their dead and made crosshatch engravings in the cave walls nearby.
4,300-year-old copper ingots discovered in Oman
They were searching for charcoal – and found copper ingots: During a routine excavation in Oman, Irini Biezeveld and Jonas Kluge experienced how surprising archaeology can be.
3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice
Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and children laid to rest in coffins.
International Spartan Studies Forum
As the date of the Forum is fast approaching, there are some important updates.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023
The Dept of Classics and Ancient History, University of Warwick invites outstanding early career postdoctoral researchers to contact us with a view to applying for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023.
Examining societal resilience in the transition from the Bronze to Iron Age
A Cranfield University-led project excavating a fortress site in southern Georgia aims to uncover why communities in this area were more resilient than in some other parts of the world at the end of the Bronze Age.
Greek Inscriptions on the East Bank
For the first time, this book presents the complete collection of Greek inscriptions of Gebel el-Silsila East – Ancient Egypt’s largest and most important sandstone quarry.
They Wrote About Her. An anthology about Elefsina
2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture in collaboration with the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation implemented the bilingual edition They Wrote About Her.
Exhibition at the Benaki Museum: Hic sunt dracones
An exhibition focusing on historical and social context and the aesthetics of mapping.
Silver on the bracelets of Pharaoh Khufu’s mother came from Greece
Trade between Egypt and the Aegean might have been going stronger than expected during the Pyramid Age.
Uncovering a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
The barrows uncovered at Netherhampton Road had all been levelled by centuries of cultivation and so remain only as ditches.
Legio X Fretensis was stationed at Apsaros in Colchis
In the early 2nd century CE, soldiers from Legio X Fretensis, known for their bloody suppression of Jewish uprisings, were also stationed on the Black Sea.
4,000-year-old plague DNA found – the oldest cases to date in Britain
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis.
Archaeologists identify Moluccan boats on NT rock art drawings
Archaeologists at Flinders University have identified rare images of Moluccan vessels from Indonesia’s eastern islands in rock art paintings.
BRIDGES: The eternal cycle of Roman victory
Lecture by Cecilia Olovsdotter in the series Bridges, organised by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
Archaeological excavations at Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias, Cyprus
During the 2023 excavation season the team continued investigating the Epipalaeolithic site (Agios Ioannis/Vretsia-Roudias), on the southern part of the Roudias terrace, as well as at the Aceramic Neolithic site.
Unique archaeological find in Thorikos, Greece
Göttingen University research team discovers earliest Iron Age house in Athens and Attica.
New mummification workshops and tombs found in Saqqara
Two new mummification workshops, two tombs, and large groups of artifacts were unearthed during the latest excavation season of an Egyptian mission working in Saqqara for the sixth consecutive year. In detail, the Egyptian archaeological mission led by Dr. Mostafa